“In effect it’s trying to hijack [or] ride on the coat-tails of the familiar red poppy and my reservations are two-fold,” he explained. “The Remembrance poppy is avowedly apolitical despite what some misguided people might say, and commemorates our war dead by bringing people together in the act of remembrance.
“The so-called ‘Palestine Poppy’ is about as far away from remembrance as it’s possible to be.
“It is unashamedly political, designed to divide rather than unite.”
Buyers are encouraged to “wear the Palestine Poppy to show your support for a free Palestine”.
The poppy has so far been purchased more than 1,200 times.
The poppies can be bought on eBay for £1.74, with some of the proceeds going towards “charities working on the ground in Palestine, and organisations working to educate people about the region’s history and current situation, and bring about the end to the occupation and war crimes through legal routes”.
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