Councillor says taking 'one side or the other' will 'inflame the tensions in this city'
Belfast City Hall will light up in white as part of a call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after a DUP proposal to light up the building in blue and white for Israel failed.
Read more: Five Nights at Freddy's film to get different age classification in Belfast, despite opposition “There are plenty of previous examples of this council lighting up in solidarity with countries under terrorist attack. In 2015 we lit up in the colours of the French flag in the wake of attacks in Paris and Nice, and in 2016 we lit up in black, yellow and red after the Brussels terror attacks.
“We didn’t object to that, but we would like this request to be heard, and we would like clarity as to why this request was sent to committee, when other requests have been decided .” “The killing of innocent people is wrong, no matter who does it, no matter where they do it, and it needs to be condemned. But we need peace in the Middle East, we need negotiations, we need dialogue.”
“The context here is an ongoing bloody conflict with issues on both sides of human rights and war crimes, and we have to take cognisance of that when we are taking a position. Lighting this City Hall in white does that.
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