A parade of Palestinian flags displayed in an East London borough will be taken down amid political pressure over the Gaza solidarity gesture, the local council announced this week. Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, a borough with the UK’s biggest Muslim population, said on Wednesday that Palestinian flags will be removed from all council-owned buildings following complaints from a pro-Israel lawyers group. While Rahman rejected claims the flags are a “symbol of division”, he still ordered their removal after written advice from the council’s chief executive. It follows a legal letter…