This madness urgently needs to be fought by those who help make the cultural weather. It’s not enough for politicians to promise support to a Jewish community that’s under siege.
The mother-of-one who protested outside a school in Leeds after its headteacher called the Palestinian flag a call to arms has accepted his apology.
Yasmin Ahmed, 30, was pictured outside Allerton Grange School on Monday with a placard bearing the Palestinian flag and the message: This flag is not a call to arms . This is a symbol of freedom and self-determination.
Headmaster Mike Roper was forced to apologise for making the foolish comments during an assembly in which he said that some people felt threatened and unsafe whenever they saw the Palestinian flag.
A clip from the assembly circulating online showed him telling pupils that the flag was sometimes seen as a message of support of anti-Semitism . He added: It was never meant to be like that in the first place.
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