{"id":27893,"date":"2016-08-20T04:04:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T04:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/celtic-face-uefa-charge-over-palestine-flag\/"},"modified":"2016-08-20T04:02:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T04:02:57","slug":"celtic-face-uefa-charge-over-palestine-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/celtic-face-uefa-charge-over-palestine-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic face UEFA charge over Palestine flag display"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Dozens of Palestine flags were displayed during Scottish club’s 5-2 win over Israeli opponents Hapoel Beer-Sheva.}<\/p>\n

Europe’s football governing body UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic after a section of their support displayed Palestine flags during Wednesday’s Champions League play-off first leg against Hapoel Beer-Sheva of Israel.<\/p>\n

UEFA said Scottish club Celtic had been charged for displays of an “illicit banner” and added: “This case will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on 22 September.”<\/p>\n

The UEFA rule in question forbids the use of “gestures, words, objects or any other means to transmit any message that is not fit for a sports event, particularly messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature”.<\/p>\n

Dozens of Palestine flags were displayed during Celtic’s 5-2 first-leg win, many of them in the new safe standing section at Parkhead.<\/p>\n

Many Celtic fans have long identified with left-wing causes, among them the Palestinian struggle. <\/p>\n

“It’s [got] to do with the sense that the Irish Catholics in Scotland have of being underdogs over several generations,” Scottish historian Tom Devine told Al Jazeera. “There is a strong sense of history among that community, even though it’s now third-, fourth- and fifth-generation Irish.”<\/p>\n

Celtic were fined about \u00a316,000 ($20,900) two years ago after a Palestine flag was displayed at a Champions League qualifier against KR Reykjavik of Iceland.<\/p>\n

The Scottish champions have been punished eight times in five seasons by the European governing body for supporter misconduct.<\/p>\n

The second leg of the play-off tie will be played in Israel next Tuesday, August 23.<\/p>\n

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