Bitton spent nine years playing for Celtic, well aware of the support that the Green Brigade has for the Palestine movement.
It isn’t the first time that the flag has been spotted among Ibrox fans but the contradiction of flying it while serving members of the Armed Forces are being paraded like a trophy seems to be a step too far.
Beale does have the comfort of a contract that runs until 2026 but it looks unlikely that he’ll be trusted with Thursday’s Europa League tie against ARIS Limassol.
It’s not since the end of April that Celtic fans have seen CCV at his best, in the Scottish Cup semi-final he turned in an awesome performance in what was to be his final outing of the season.
It was a spontaneous reaction but was captured by Sky Sports and a few mobile phones, showing that Rodgers is reconnecting with the Celtic support.
Last year’s visit to the Bernabeu completed the list of the major European grounds covered by Celtic this century with multiple trips to the Nou Camp and San Siro ticked off.
Furthermore, it is even more concerning that the club’s reason for doing so on this occasion is punishment for North Curve Celtic defending its members by exposing the harassment of Police Scotland officers.
Beale was in his element, he could call out Chris Sutton and earn social media likes on the back of it, his Instagram following went off the radar.
Beale was messing about with his Instagram profile last Saturday but told the Daily Record how he has avoided the online carnage
Taking 700 Celtic fans to Ibrox for target practise is an act of madness. Earlier this year Police Scotland uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs being stored inside Ibrox by officially sanctioned Ultras group the Union Bears. Ibrox CEO James Bisgrove refers to them as stakeholders.