Posted 3/16/2024, 8:24:43 AM
Tower Hamlets Removes Palestinian Flags After Complaints of Community Distress
- Tory councillor Peter Golds said Tower Hamlets looks like "Ceausescu's Romania", not a London borough, amid a crackdown on Palestinian flags
- Complaints prompted the council to remove flags from buildings due to concerns over causing distress
- Golds said constituents and others across the borough contacted him to have the flags removed
- The mayor announced the "difficult decision" to take down the flags, claiming they unfairly attack borough residents
- The council had tried to avoid destabilizing community cohesion by leaving the flags up initially