""Still in custody": How did the leader of the 'Bnei Yehuda' group get involved in criminal activity?

December 19, 2021   

The police announcement last night about the arrest of a fan of the Bnei Yehuda team, who tried to put the rooster 'Rambo' in his bag for the team's game against Hapoel Tel Aviv - caused quite a bit of consternation. The police statement said: "As part of the police preparations for the football game taking place tonight at Bloomfield Stadium, the police recently arrested a football fan, who during a search on his way to the field, was discovered to be in possession of a small bag with a live, clawed rooster inside. The suspect, 40 years old, a resident of the city, was arrested for questioning at the police station on suspicion of violating the Animal Cruelty Law." For years, the rooster was a symbol of the team, accompanying it to games across the country. So how did this tradition become news in the criminal sections? Today (Sunday), the team's fan Yehuda Gohar was interviewed by Kalman Libeskind and Akiva Novick on Channel 2, who he says has been bringing roosters to the football fields for 41 years. "Rambo is the sixth in a dynasty of roosters. He is the 12th player for Bnei Yehuda, he gives love to the audience, on television, all over the world, he doesn't bite and doesn't cause trouble," Gohar said. So why did he have to be smuggled into the field in a bag? "The previous management let us bring him into the fields. But we have no connection with this management. Yesterday they didn't let us, so we brought him in a bag," Gohar said. "He has air holes on all sides. I don't give anything a chance for something to happen to the rooster. Let it happen to me in front of him. I talk to him every day." A friend of Gohar's tried to bring the bag into the stadium and was arrested. He was sent to house arrest, and today he was brought before a judge. The rooster has not been returned to its owner, Gohar. "Rambo is still in custody. I will talk to the judge to have him returned to me," he said. Why did the rooster become the symbol and mascot of the team from the Hatikva neighborhood? Gohar repeated on the network: "Many years ago, Bnei Yehuda was not doing well. We slaughtered a lamb, brought rabbis, water from the sea, salt, garlic, fish heads," and finally the rooster was chosen as the lucky changer. "Bnei Yehuda is a warm home, you don't see any place in the world like Bnei Yehuda.".