Celtic fans continue to support Palestine
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It is heartening to see such rock-solid support for the Palestinians from Celtic whose display of flags at the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid was beamed worldwide.
The club’s managers, corporate sponsors and footballs governing bodies are not so happy.
Why not asks senior research fellow David Webber at Solent University, specialising in football and politics?
“UEFA and FIFA were quite quick to exclude Russia from international competition and club competition. But we don’t see that same treatment of Israel. Does it really just boil down to the fact the Palestinians are brown and not white?”
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This article was originally published by Al Jazeera on Thu 2 Nov 2023. Read the original here.
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Does it really just boil down to the fact the Palestinians are brown and not white?”
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No, it is because they are against the military industrial complex that controls US foreign policy.