Hizbullah Flags Flown In London During ‘Quds Day’ Anti-Israel Rally

Bright-yellow Hizbullah flags adorned the streets of London on Sunday during the city’s annual march marking “Quds Day,” initiated in 1979 by the newly-installed Iranian regime as a rallying call to Muslims worldwide to oppose the existence of the Jewish state of Israel. Notably, the Saudi Embassy was chosen as the starting point of the procession by the demonstration’s organizer—the Islamic Human Rights Commission—based on Riyadh’s alleged “growing support for the Zionist regime…[and its] effect of isolating the Palestinians and giving Israel the green light to accelerate its injustices.” A call by some British officials and members of the local Jewish community for Hizbullah flags to be banned was rejected on the grounds that London has only blacklisted the Lebanese Shiite group’s military wing, thereby obfuscating between it and the Iranian proxy’s political arm. Nevertheless, a counter-protest under the banner of “Stand Against Hate, Stand Against Hizbullah” was held by the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, which included Israeli music playing over loudspeakers and featured speeches from pro-Israel and anti-extremism figures.