Jerusalem police tore down three Palestinian flags in the heart of the hardline Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim earlier this morning, to the enormous 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.
A spokesman notes that the egging caused no harm to the officers.
During the same operation, police 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.”
Cops confiscated the flags and posters and took them to the police station for further investigation, says the spokesman.
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