[4], The club survived for 2 years in this form. When it became evident that reaching such a deal was impossible, they decided to start an alternative team. These included instructing students in various schools in Jerusalem, as well as teaching Hebrew to new immigrants. The commander of the Arab forces, Ibrahim Abu-Dayyeh(he), was one of the prominent Arab commanders and earned respect due to his involvement during the battle over the Nabi Daniel Convoy and the battle over Sheikh Jarrah. Against them were the Jewish fighters of the fourth battalion of the Harel Brigade, who were exhausted from the constant fighting in earlier battles. They used to pray in the church of the San Simon Monastery, the church of the Monastery of the Cross or in churches in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. Eventually, it was purchased by businessman Yosi Sassi in 1993, who appointed his friend, Victor Yona, as chairman. A popular slogan among the critics was "love can't be bought for a 1,000 Shekels", a reference to the membership price. [citation needed] According to Benny Morris The Haganah believed that several irregulars' commanders lived there and, possibly mistakenly, that the hotel served as the neighbourhood militia headquarters. Around the square are five historical buildings that were used for the embassies and foreign consulates of Lebanon (during the British era only), Poland, Venezuela, El Salvador,Belgium and Greece. In buildings which housed one family, three or four new families were settled. In order to allow as many people to live in the neighborhood, the apartments were divided into smaller units.
Kick-off Times; Kick-off times are converted to your local PC time. Hapoel Katamon finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Leumit in the 14th place, and had to play-off against relegation with the Liga Alef play-offs winner, Ironi Tiberias. [6] In 1890 the Greek–Orthodox patriarch Nicodemus I of Jerusalem built his summer house near the monastery (since the 1960s the building serves as a disabled care center). (Hebrew: הפועל קטמון ירושלים) was an Israeli fan-owned association football club in Jerusalem. [28], Jewish immigrants and government officials joined the Old City's refugees and settled in Katamon after the war. [3], Not all of Hapoel Jerusalem fans supported this move; some believed that creating Katamon was "betraying" the team. If you wish to become an owner of a plot in Katamon near the monastery, to which you arrive in a paved road and the area is divided into plots in the most pleasant way with roads and paths around, every plot is five-hundred square meters and the price for a plot is a thousand Qirsh and this amount can be paid in installments of five Qirsh per week, please take advantage of this opportunity and talk with Nacla Qatan and pay him five Qirsh and the plot will be yours. [citation needed] On mid April the Jewish leadership halted Operation Harel near Jerusalem and ordered the Harel Brigade to deploy in the city and conduct Operation Yevusi. ... Not only soldiers, civilians as well. Fans of the team have taken part in various social activities, as part of what is known as "the Social Initiative". [9] Until the war five houses were built in Katamon. [3], During the British Mandate era the streets of Katamon had no names, with the exception of two: "Katamon" street (today known as "Rachel Imenu" and "Hizkiyahu HaMelech") and "Jorden" street (today known as "Tel Hai" street) which was nicknamed "Michael Sansour" street, who was a wealthy contractor whose house was in the street.
It was conceived and founded in 2007 by Hapoel Jerusalem fans unhappy with the team's management. They were even carrying dining tables. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, they left either out of fear or under Arab intimidation.
[42] The neighborhood hosts a well-known WIZO community center called after Helena Kagan. Fresh air and an affordable price. The abandoned neighborhood, as well as other evacuated Arab neighborhoods were looted by the displaced Jews and Israeli soldiers who entered empty Arab houses, a phenomenon that the Jewish authorities failed to halt, usually turning a blind eye to it. Some of the buildings are still government-owned, although the Amidar housing company sold many of the apartments to the residents in the 1970s. The Latin rite Catholic community made their prayer at the Chapel of St. Theresa in Katamon or in churches located in the Old City. [34], In the early 1970s, a process of gentrification began in Katamon when people of the middle class bought the apartments where low class residents lived and started renovating them, reuniting the apartments that were split after 1948 and overall raising the standards of the houses. The Greek consulate remains there since the 1950s as the Greek consulate in Jerusalem.[37]. [29][30] The neighborhood was also temporarily settled with Jewish women and children from front-line kibbutzim in the Jerusalem corridor. [1], Since the 1980s, "Hapoel" has lost its lead to Beitar Jerusalem. [38] The old Hapoel stadium was purchased by developers and is now the site of the upscale Ganei Katamon neighborhood, ringing Ofira Navon park. [9], For the 2009–10 season, the team reinforced with numerous new players, most notably Shai Aharon, who was Hapoel Jerusalem's captain for several years, including the 2008–09 season.
The buildings were not numbered and were named after the families who built them. Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem live score (and video online live stream*), team roster with season schedule and results. [1] Katamon is derived from the Greek κατὰ τῷ μοναστηρίῳ ("by the monastery"). The Katamonim are characterized by long apartment blocks on pillars, providing low-cost housing.
Soccer / Small-time losers are back in town, Hapoel Jerusalem fans plan alternative team, Thousands show up to cheer experimental fan-owned soccer team, The Last Word: The fall and rise of Hapoel Jerusalem, http://www.katamon.co.il/News.asp?id=2347, 'THE LAND WHERE TWO NATIONS LIVE TOGETHER', Team Founded by Unhappy Fans May Buy the Club They Abandoned, Hapoel Katamon: Football club brings Arabs and Israelis together, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hapoel_Katamon_Jerusalem_F.C.&oldid=979804990, Association football clubs established in 2007, Pages using infobox football club with unknown parameters, Articles with Hebrew-language sources (he), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 22:01. Katamon Khet was built at the end of the 1950s, and Katamon Tet in the mid-1960s. According to Israeli geographer Gideon Biger, Katamon was probably planned before World War I. The main disadvantage was that a newly created team must start out at Liga Gimel, the 5th division. Many of the residents worked in British public services and many were members of YMCA. [1], After the 2006–07 season, in which the team dropped for the second time to the 3rd league, and after years of searching for someone to buy Hapoel Jerusalem, disenchanted fans, extremely dissatisfied with the management, resolved to create a company with the aim of purchasing the club. Most fled to the Old City and some fled to the southern part of Qatamon which was around the Iraqi consulate defended by the Jordanian Arab Legion. The neighborhood had a slow process of population change and social and physical renewal. Katamon is also home to the Israel Goldstein Youth Village(he), which has a number of school programs (boarding and day schools), especially for Russian and French Olim. At that season, the club had also established a youth branch and some of the youth teams managed to advance a league for their first season. During the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine the local population fled the neighborhood and it was soon repopulated by Jewish refugees. Today, the most successful of these programs is what is called the "neighborhood league", in which elementary school students represent their schools in football teams and also receive help with their schoolwork. The team finished the 2014–15 season in the first place of Liga Alef's northern division, and returned to Liga Leumit. the promised Messiah (Luke 2:25-32). The monastery is now surrounded by a large park in the neighborhood known as Givat Oranim.