British Energy Tycoon Dale Vince Will Keep Raising The Palestinian Flag At His Office

The Palestinian flag is at the Ecotricity head office. (Twitter/@DaleVince)

JAKARTA - Green energy tycoon Dale Vince plans to keep flying the Palestinian flag at his company's head office, saying a "unclear" group of pro-Israeli lawyers forced local governments to remove the flags across the UK.

Vince said he would fly the flag at the Ecotricity headquarters, against the Stroud District Council, Gloucestershire, South West England, which said he needed to seek permission because Palestine was not recognized by Britain.

He said, because Palestine is recognized by 147 countries, the flag is considered a national flag that can be flown without a permit instead of an advertisement, such as an assessment of the Stroud District Council.

Vince added that a group called the UK Lawyers for Israel may have filed a complaint with the council, prompting a request for him to remove the flag.

"There is a shadow group called the UK Lawyers for Israel complaining to the city council about flags and hospitals about pin badges and all kinds of trivial things they don't like because they support Palestine and they consider racism, which is incredible to say," Vince said in the Stroud Times. , quoted from Arab News August 14th.

"I think what they do is behind the scenes, that's why I call it a shadow. They send threatening letters to people who do innocent things like flying flags, wearing pin badges, and things like that."

In a local newspaper, Vince wrote earlier this week: "No one has ever been asked to lower the Ukrainian flag. With Palestine, the situation is different and largely caused by a group of shadow lawyers acting for Israel."

"They have intimidated several city councils to force the flag to lower and cancel this event is an act of curbing dangerous speech freedom in the name of foreign powers."

Vince said no one should feel threatened by the flag, which was flown "as a form of solidarity" with the Palestinian people.

"What has happened in the last two years has been extraordinary," he said.

"This is genocide, ethnic cleansing, daily barbaric acts against civilians, mass hunger experienced by millions of people," he continued.

"I mean, this is off-scale in terms of violence against humans and so far there has not been enough action taken by Western countries, which have severely punished Russia for their recent invasion and occupation of Ukraine," Vince explained.

"Separuh negara G7 akan mengakui Palestina pada Bulan September dan sangat penting bagi kita untuk kita untuk menunjukkan kondunan kita dengan rakyat Palestina dan kita menunjukkan kepada Israel, kita dapat melihat apa yang mereka lakukan dan kita tidak menerimanya, kita tidak mengondalikannya. Mereka tidak akan lolos saja, mereka akan dijadikan karenanya di masa depan. Ini benar-benar kekerhatan."

These are my new fave colours, big step for the state of Palestine this week. One day... pic.twitter.com/CGByBF2rdt

— Dale Vince (@DaleVince) July 30, 2025

These are my new father, big step for the state of Palestine this week. One day... pic.twitter.com/CGByBF2rdt

Vince added: "Obviously what Hamas did on October 7, (2023) was cruelty, but the atrocities it has rewarded against Palestine in the last two years are beyond reason."

"This is really bad and this is done by a democratic country that we call allies, not by a terrorist organization known as Hamas."

"So they can't be compared and I don't think anyone who's an Israeli should feel threatened just by looking at the Palestinian flag. I don't understand that."

"This is not a Hamas flag, and it is a shadow used by UK Lawyers for Israel, which mixes the flag of a country with the flag of a terrorist organization."

Separately, UKLFI calls itself "a voluntary lawyer association seeking the application of rules and laws to fight boycotts and other actions targeting Israelis."

Last year, they managed to force the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to lower the Palestinian flag from local government buildings, after declaring the flag raised against the law.

A spokesman for the group denied contacting the Stroud Council because officials had contacted Vince to lower the flag when they learned of its whereabouts.

The Stroud Council itself said it had received complaints from the public about the flag, so "it is obligatory to seek advice (law) on the matter."

It is known, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would recognize Palestine at the United Nations next month, unless a ceasefire was reached in Gaza before that with a commitment to a two-state solution plan.