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Respect to fly Palestinian flag
Evening Standard Last updated at 00:00am on 19.05.05Tower Hamlets could be twinned with Jenin in Palestine if George Galloway's Respect party is successful in next year's local council election.
The MP spoke out after he received a rapturous welcome at a packed rally last night following his showdown with US senators. He said Respect intended to try to win control of Tower Hamlets and Newham councils next May - and vowed if his twinning plan went through, the Palestinian flag would fly over the town hall.
Hundreds turned up at the meeting in London to celebrate his general election victory over Labour's Oona King. Mr Galloway received a three-minute standing ovation from the packed Friends Meeting House in Euston Road which left him moved to tears. He returned from Washington yesterday where he was quizzed by a senate sub-committee over allegations he profited from Iraq's oilfor-food scandal.
