'Stop hijacking remembrance': Veterans voice fury as pro-Gaza activists sell a 'Palestine poppy' ahead of Remembrance Day

Former servicemen accuse the campaigners of 'dividing Britain' with a rival emblem pushed into the season of the poppy. Anti-Israel activists stand accused of hijacking the nation's most solemn day of mourning for the war dead. Sales of the 'Palestine poppy' began over the weekend, weeks before the country falls silent. Veterans are demanding the act of remembrance be left alone.

The badge is aimed squarely at the weeks before Remembrance Sunday's national commemorations.

Critics say the campaign turns a day of unity into a political battleground over Gaza.