Councillor claims 'Palestinian' St George has 'no connection to England' and should remind people of war in Gaza

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Councillor claims 'Palestinian' St George has 'no connection to England' and should remind people of war in Gaza.

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A Nottingham councillor has claimed that "Palestinian" St George has "no connection to England" and should remind people of the war in Gaza.Kirsty L Jones, a Nottingham People's Alliance councillor for the city, believes St George's Day is not "particularly important", and instead serves as a "reminder of the humanity of people in Palestine" due to the patron saint's connections to the Middle East.She told GB News: "Although the history is old, so it's hard to know the entirety the reality of what happened at the time, St George was born in Palestine to a Palestinian mother and a Syrian father, spent most of his life in Syria and then was killed in Palestine."It is said that his relics remain in occupied Palestine in The Church of Saint George and Mosque of Al-Khadr (a combined Eastern Orthodox church and Mosque)." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Councillor said: "The countries of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine, Malta, Ethiopia, and the cities of...

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