A decade of Lajee Celtic: The Palestinian club whose fans include Cantona

London, United Kingdom – Nearly 200 people packed into Edami, a small Lebanese bakery in east London, to celebrate a decade of Lajee Celtic, a grassroots sports club based in a Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.What began as a football project has grown into an international symbol of solidarity.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Migrants ‘are not to blame’: How the Ceuta crisis engulfed Spanish footballlist 2 of 4The return of Palestinian football: ‘We are a people who must live’list 3 of 4Palestinians gather for football amid Gaza’s ruinslist 4 of 4Ireland refuse handshake with Israel and don armbands in Nations League tieend of listIn London, the room was filled with Palestinian flags, the aroma of Edami’s freshly baked manousheh, and Lajee Celtic shirts – which have been worn by celebrities, including football icon Eric Cantona and the actor Hannah Einbinder.Martin, a Lajee Celtic organiser, travelled down from Glasgow for the celebration in September. He first visited Aida Camp, in the occupied West Bank, more than 10 years ago, a trip he described as life-changing.“I don’t think anyone would really have expected that the project would have been as ...