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A council in Surrey will hoist the Palestine flag to mark the territory’s national day after snubbing Remembrance Day.
Earlier in this week, Woking Borough Council failed to pay tribute to those to honour Britain’s bravest soldiers who died in the line of duty.
However, the authority opted to hoist the tricolour and pay tribute to Palestinians to express their “solidarity with those who are suffering”.
They said the move was also to support efforts to “achieve a peaceful, sustainable and just resolution to the ongoing conflict” in Gaza.
In the post shared online, the council penned a message to mark Palestine National Day, which will take place on Sunday.
It reads: “This weekend, we are proudly flying the Palestinian flag alongside the Union flag above Woking’s Civic Offices to mark Palestine National Day, which takes place on Sunday 15 November.
“We stand in solidarity with all those who are suffering and support all efforts to achieve a peaceful, sustainable and just resolution to the ongoing conflict.”
The national day commemorates the moment when the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, proclaimed the Declaration of Independence.
The move has ignited fury from critics who accused the Liberal Democrat council of “indulging in this warped activism”.
A spokesman for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “This is a perfect illustration of a dictum that’s become painfully clear these last few years: those who put Palestine first put Britain last.
“How dreadful that Woking Council has honoured an occasion established by a terrorist organisation that hijacked British airplanes and has British blood on its hands, but apparently didn’t think it important enough to pay similar tribute to the brave British soldiers who willingly shed their own blood to secure our freedoms.
“Remembrance is a time to honour the sacrifices of those who have fought to defend our country and our way of llife. But sadly, not everyone agrees.”
The campaign lamented the increasing number of statues desecrated, war memorials vandalised and Armed Forceds disrespected – “all in the name of ‘Palestine'”.
He added: “The ‘Free Palestine’ movement disgraces the memory of those who died for our values, which evidently these radicals do not share.
“That a Council should be indulging this warped activism says volumes about the appalling radicalisation of our politics. They should be prioritising Britain rather than imagined countries far away.”
Earlier this year, the same council also opted to fly the rainbow flag above the civic offices to celebrate “love, inclusion and equality”.
But, on St George’s Day, the borough council avoided any mention of English patriotism on their social media.
In February, the authority tore down more than 1,000 St George’s Crosses and Union Jacks which were deemed a “safety risk”.
Thousands of St George’s and Union flags covered the leafy suburbs of Surrey after the Raise the Colours gripped patriots throughout the summer of 2025.
Tim Oliver OBE, Conservative leader of Surrey Council, stressed the sheer volume of flags erected across the county, and the efforts the council has committed to remove them in line with policy.
He said: “To date, we have removed 1,003 flags from the network, and we estimate that approximately 308 remain.
“These figures are based on the best information currently available to us and reflect the installations of which we are aware.
“Our contractor prioritises and removes any flags that present an immediate safety risk. All other flags are addressed as part of routine highway maintenance activities.”
Woking Borough Council currently holds the highest debt per person in the UK, standing at approximately £2.2billion as of March 2026.
The shocking sum amounts to roughly £20,000 per resident.
In 2023, the council declared bankruptcy, exposing its multi-billion-pound deficit, only to be handed £500million from central Government over 2026 and 2027.
GB News has approached Woking Borough Council for comment.