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Palestinian flag-covered Tower Hamlets is not a safe space for us, say Jewish residents who are leaving the borough

The council has been accused of breaking the law allowing the borough’s streets to be bedecked with flags

January 8, 2024 14:02
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Local Tory councillor Peter Golds said that the flags were 'increasing, particularly in areas near schools'

ByJane Prinsley, Jane Prinsley

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Jews are leaving east London amid a “culture of fear and intimidation” as the council refuses to back down over Palestinian flags.

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) wrote to the council and the Met earlier in January over multiple “criminal offences.” Since then, UKLFI has told the JC they have “been inundated with messages from local residents.”

Many residents have already raised concerns with Tower Hamlets council but said that their complaints “have been either brushed aside by the council or just ignored”, according to UKLFI. Other residents said they are “too scared to complain to the council as they worry they will become a target for attacks.”

UKLFI told the JC that one family found the environment for Jews so hostile, "they have decided to move out of the borough completely.”