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The Palestinian flag on stage with them was taken away, despite the crowd standing by the band and leading chants of “Free, ...
How do we ever imagine peace in Gaza? What lessons can such imagining provide about conflict, non-violence and community?
A pro-Palestine activist and Greens candidate says she “wasn’t aware” a Hamas terrorist flag was flown during this weekend's ...
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasised that his country has never wavered in defending the rights of the ...
Organisers of the festival initially claimed that the band’s set was cut short for using a chant “widely understood to have a ...
​A second Irish band has become embroiled in controversy over its displays of support for Palestine. A string of bands pulled out of Portsmouth’s Victorious music festival on Saturday, hours before ...
The Mary Wallopers had their set at Victorious Festival cut short after the Irish folk band displayed a Palestinian flag and ...
It was inevitable that the ‘flag wars’ breaking out across England would soon be compared to Northern Ireland.
Portsmouth music festival apologises to Irish band The Mary Wallopers for cutting sound after displaying a Palestinian flag. Other artists withdrew from the event, criticising the organisers for ...
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has demanded that burning the national flag be made a criminal offence and launched a ...
The streets of the city are full of Union Jacks – and a new battle between patriotism and nationalism.
If someone was punished for flying a flag, that is wrong and they deserve an apology,” Ezra Koenig said of the Irish folk band, who brought a Palestinian flag onstage during their performance ...