(Jewish News) An East London council has refused to answer a freedom of information (FOI) request asking to know how many Palestinian flags they have removed from lamp posts and other public property in the borough on the grounds that to do so could endanger the safety of individuals.
The streets of Tower Hamlets have made newspaper headlines because so many lamp posts and walls in the borough have had Palestinian flags put up on them in response to the October 7th terror attack and Israel’s response in Gaza.
Jewish residents in the borough, which has one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, have been among those to raise concerns about the impact of the flags on many streets.
