Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- When pro-Palestinian groups planned protests on Armistice Day last year, policymakers in Europe were livid, calling, rightly so, the conduct 'disgraceful'. No matter the context - in this case, the Israeli military campaign on Gaza in response to the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th - such protests held on a special day of the collective memory are an affront to the majority, insensitive and provocative.

On Sunday, February 4th, when Sri Lanka marked its 76th anniversary of independence, the newly elected leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), S. Sritharan, a known LTTE apologist, led a mass protest of black-clad protestors in Kilinochchi and clashed with the Police. Several protestors, mainly student...