LONDON: Green energy tycoon Dale Vince plans to keep flying the Palestinian flag at his company’s headquarters, saying a “shadowy” group of pro-Israel lawyers is forcing local authorities to remove them across the UK.
Vince said he would fly the flag at the Ecotricity headquarters in defiance of Stroud district council, which told him he needs to seek permission as Palestine is not recognized by the UK.
He said as Palestine is recognized by 147 countries, the flag counts as a national one — which can be flown without permission — rather than an advert, as Stroud council suggested.
Vince added that a group called UK Lawyers for Israel may have complained to the council, prompting the request for him to remove it.
“There’s a shadowy group called UK Lawyers for Israel that do complain to councils about flags and to hospitals about pin badges and all kinds of trivia that they don’t like because it’s in support of Palestine and they consider to be racism, which is just an incredible thing to say,” Vince said in the Stroud Times.
