Randwick Council has made the decision to fly the Palestinian flag later this year – months after flying the Israeli flag in April – in a move welcomed by a Palestinian advocacy group.
Randwick Council has made the decision to fly the Palestinian flag later this year – months after flying the Israeli flag in April – in a move welcomed by a Palestinian advocacy group.
The move comes after councillor Kym Chapple put forward an amendment to the ‘Flying of Flags Policy’ at Tuesday night’s Randwick Council meeting, calling for the Palestinian flag to fly on November 29 – which marks the United Nation’s (UN) International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
The amendment was supported by all councillors, except for the five Liberal members, including Daniel Rosenfeld, who earlier this year led a motion for the flying of the Israeli flag.
He later told this publication his decision was based on “the Australian Government … not currently [recognising] a Palestinian state”.
Following the council meeting, Ms Chapple took to Twitter to thank the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) and local Palestinian members for their “guidance” and “advocacy” before signing off with the hashtag “Free Palestine”.
APAN president Nasser Mashni said it was “the right the to do” and he was “encouraged by the decision … since the council has flown many international flags”, including the Israeli and Greek flag already this year.
Read the article by Aymon Bertah in The Daily Telegraph.