Fans of Glasgow’s Celtic football club showed their support for more than 1500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, with large banners and Palestinian flags at Celtic’s May 6 football (soccer) match against fellow Scottish side St Johnstone FC.
Members of Celtic’s “ultras” fan group, the Green Brigade, along with Celtic Fans for Palestine, lifted a huge Palestinian flag, as well as large banners with the slogans “Freedom and Dignity” and “Hungering for Justice”.
Celtic itself won its match, 4-1, while its supporters cheered for their team and for the Palestinian people.
Last year, Celtic fans for Palestine and the Green Brigade raised US$220,000 in donations for Palestinian charities. The fundraising came in response to a fine levied on the club by UEFA when its fans waved Palestinian flags when Celtic played Israeli team Hapoel Beer Sheva last August.
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