Conflict in the middle

If you get mugged and beaten up in the street your birthday party will be cancelled.

No Hanukkah this year for Havering Council in London.

Havering Council, a municipality located in East London, announced today that the annual Hanukkah installation would not be taking place this year due to “conflict in the Middle East.”

In a statement, the council released: “The Council has taken the difficult decision to pause the planned installation of the Chanukah Menorah outside Havering Town Hall this year. We appreciate this is a hugely sensitive issue but in light of escalating tensions from the conflict in the Middle East, installing the candelabra now will not be without risk to the Council, our partners, staff and local residents.”

You could argue that councils have no business putting up religious installations in the first place, but if you’re not doing that but just saying no to this one religion and set of people…well yes, that’s “a hugely sensitive issue.”

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