The police say they will seize any Palestinian flags waved by Celtic fans at the Scottish club’s decisive Champions League play-off in Israel against Hapoel Beersheba tomorrow.
Any flags seen at the second leg game in the southern city will be “confiscated immediately,” says police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
“Police units will respond in order to ensure that the game will be a professional game and not a political one,” he says.
Celtic fans display Palestinian flags during match with Hapoel Beersheba in Glasgow, August 17, 2016. (Screenshot)
He does not specifically mention Palestinian flags, but dozens of Celtic fans waved them during last week’s first leg play-off in Glasgow against.
Celtic now faces disciplinary proceedings by European football’s governing body UEFA.
UEFA says the flag display constituted an “illicit banner,” under a rule which bans “messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature.”
— AFP
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