Jerusalem police confiscate Palestinian flags, anti-Zionist posters in Haredi area

Jerusalem police tore down three Palestinian flags from a building in the heart of the hardline Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim on Monday morning, to the displeasure of its residents.

Locals in the predominantly anti-Zionist neighborhood hurled eggs at officers attempting to remove the flags, which hung from the window of a multistory building.

An Israel Police spokesman said no officers were harmed in the egging and no damage was caused.

During the same operation, police said officers came upon a warehouse in the area stocked with Palestinian flags, walkie-talkies and other posters with “inciting content against the State of Israel.”

Printed in Hebrew, English, and Arabic, the posters contained messages such as “Jews are not Zionists” and “Authentic Jewry always opposed Zionism and the existence of the State of Israel.”

The spokesman said that police confiscated the flags and posters and took them to the station for further investigation.

שוטרי מחוז ירושלים פעלו להסרת דגלי הרשות הפלסטינית בשכונת עין יעקב בירושלים. במהלך הפעילות אותר מחסן ובו דגלים וכרזות הסתה כנגד מדינת ישראל. pic.twitter.com/xKyQGr8p8k

— משטרת ישראל (@IL_police) February 17, 2025

“Police will continue to act against all acts of incitement and support for terrorist organizations and their actions, wherever they may be, to locate those involved in this and interrogate them for this, to bring them to justice and to thwart without bias any activity against the State of Israel and the security of its law-abiding citizens,” police added in the statement.

Fringe Haredi sects such as Neturei Karta oppose the modern State of Israel on religious grounds, regularly protesting against the Jewish state. Prominent leaders from the sect have in the past met with Holocaust deniers and leaders of the Iranian government.