PARIS: France’s interior ministry has ordered prefects to oppose the display of Palestinian flags on town halls and other public buildings next week when Paris is set to formally recognize the Palestinian state. “The principle of neutrality in public service prohibits such displays,” the interior ministry said in a telegram, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Friday. Any decisions by mayors to fly the Palestinian flag should be referred to courts, the interior ministry said.

With France planning to recognize the Palestinian state on Monday, some mayors and political leaders have called for displaying the Palestinian flag on town halls.

PARIS: France’s interior ministry has ordered prefects to oppose the display of Palestinian flags on town halls and other public buildings next week when Paris is set to formally…

PARIS: Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to recognize a Palestinian…

PARIS: French politicians bickered on Sunday over whether it is appropriate to hoist Palestinian flags outside town halls on the eve of the country’s planned recognition of the…