The Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer club threatened to boycott its cup final match on Tuesday after the Israel Police published a video comparing fans to violent rioters in East Jerusalem.

Hours before Hapoel met Beitar Jerusalem for the final of the Toto Cup, police put out the clip, which Hapoel denounced as incitement against its supporters, a view shared by Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, who called on the force to apologize.

Last week police canceled a derby game between Tel Aviv’s rival soccer teams — Hapoel and Maccabi — after riots broke out in and around the stadium, wounding at least four people.

The video opened with a text declaring, “Some of the following clips were filmed in East Jerusalem, and some on the soccer field. Spot the differences.” It then showed a montage of violence from the Tel Aviv game a week earlier and from clashes with Palestinian rioters. In both cases, officers were seen facing barrages of fireworks and flares.

Police have, in the past, used deadly force against East Jerusalem rioters who shot fireworks at them.

Hapoel Tel Aviv said in a statement that it is “shocked by the sickening and dangerous video” published by the police.

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