At a time when Western leaders including our political parties ignore the express wishes of Londoners, it’s heartening to see the Palestinian flags flying – as a South African living in the borough for the last 25 years I know too well that we are not free, till all of us are free.
The flag is not meant to threaten my Jewish neighbours – some of whom I’ve treated as patients – as Muslims and Jews have lived side by side for longer than the state of Israel – it is but a symbol of resistance against oppression be it Sudan, the Congo or against the current documented genocide in Gaza.
Shahedah Vawda