Jewish journalists here have accused the Jewish sports club, Hakoah, of concealing information about an allegedly anti-Semitic incident that took place during a recent basketball match with the Fenix Club. The journalists claimed that spectators at the game assaulted and injured several Jewish players when the score became favorable to Hakoah. They said they had gotten the story on their own while Hakoah withheld the information from them.
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