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Lajee Celtic: 10 Years of a Palestine Football Club That Became a Global Symbol of Solidarity
Lajee Celtic, a grassroots sports club based in the Aida refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, has marked ten years since it grew from a football project into an international solidarity movement. Its rise was sealed when Celtic fans turned a 2016 Champions League match into a sea of Palestine flags, prompting a UEFA fine that was matched by a campaign to fund a football academy in the camp.