The raising of the Palestinian flag at Gaza protests worldwide continues to attract criticism from pro-Israel supporters, accusing it of being a show of support for Hamas. Despite the wave of support for Palestinians under attack by Israel’s offensive since 7 October worldwide, opponents have conflated displays of Palestinian national pride with the Palestinian Islamist movement which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. This includes the Palestinian flag with attacks on the emblem preceding Hamas’s 7 October attacks, but having intensified with a wave of pro-Gaza student demonstrations erupti…