Waving the Hezbollah flag in protests can be labelled a provocation, act of stupidity or naivety

Symbols are powerful forces in a movement. They can gather people in, unite them under the one banner, proclaim to the world: this is who we are. A flag, for instance, is a potent symbol. Nations go to war under its unfurling. Flags fly over our parliaments, outside our civic buildings.

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