Why Britain’s far-right celebrates a saint revered in Palestine

Hundreds of far-right “Britain First” supporters marched in the streets of Manchester to celebrate Saint George.

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Hundreds of far-right “Britain First” supporters marched in the streets of Manchester to celebrate Saint George, seemingly not realising the patron saint of England has a special connection to Palestine. Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler and Nida Ibrahim explain.

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