A Sydney council has backflipped on its plan to fly the Palestinian flag above the town hall out of respect for its large Jewish community.
Randwick City Council had voted in June to fly the Palestinian flag as part of honouring International Day of Solidarity on November 29.
Mr Rosenfeld said during the emergency general meeting on Monday flying the Palestinian flag would be “very wrong for Randwick Council to fly the Palestinian flag on 29 November”.“Fourteen hundred people of my fellow Jewish persons were slaughtered on October 7, 200 more were abducted.” A small group of Pro-Palestinian protesters, who had marched from Sydney Town Hall to Sydney Opera House, had yelled “f —k Israel” and “f —k the Jews” on October 9.
The original plan was to fly the Palestinian flag above Randwick Town Hall on November 29. Picture: Randwick Council
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