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Palestinian flags fly inside Celtic Park

August 18, 2016 07:50
Celtic fans fly Palestinian flags (Photo: Getty)

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Pro-Palestinians protested as Glasgow football club Celtic played Israeli team Hapoel Beersheva last night.

Activists displayed Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans at the Champions League qualifying match at Celtic Park on Wednesday evening.

A small group of demonstrators shouted “Israel is a racist state” and “Viva Palestina” on the concourse outside the ground. They were policed by several officers mounted on horseback.

Stanley Lovatt, the honorary Israeli consul in Scotland who was at the game, said he saw “a couple of dozen protesters” before kick-off.

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