LONDON, November 1. / Km2. Scottish football club Celtic has banned a large group of fans, calling themselves the “Green Brigade”, from attending matches after repeatedly hanging Palestinian flags in stadiums during matches. This is what the newspaper reported The Times.
The subscriptions of members of one of the oldest fan associations, which has been carrying out actions in support of Palestine since 2012, have been cancelled. The biggest conflict in this area between the club’s management and the fans was noted last week during the home match of the group stage of the Champions League with the Spanish Atlético.
Earlier, a huge banner with the inscription “Freedom for Palestine, victories for the resistance” was unfurled by the brigade at the Scottish Championship match against the Kilmarnock team.
The email sent to offenders states, among other things, that “due to repeated instances of unacceptable behavior involving the Green brigade group, the Club has suspended all of its passes.”
The situation in the Middle East has worsened dramatically after the infiltration of Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, which was accompanied by the murder of residents of Israeli border villages and the taking of more than 200 hostages, including children, women and the elderly. Hamas calls the attack a response to actions by Israeli authorities against the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a complete blockade of Gaza and began retaliating against it and some areas of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes also occur in the West Bank.
2023-11-01 12:07:14
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