Modiin resident says police questioned him over kippa with Palestinian flag, returned it with flag cut out

A Modiin resident says he was questioned by police because his kippa displayed both an Israeli and a Palestinian flag. After the interrogation, the kippa was returned to him with the Palestinian flag cut out, he tells Channel 12 news.

Dr. Alex Sinclair tells Channel 12 he was wearing his kippa in a cafe in Modiin when a person came up to him and said, “I am calling the police.”

After police arrived and told him the image on his kippa was illegal, he says he did not receive a clear answer as to what law they were talking about.

Displaying a Palestinian flag is not illegal, but police regularly confiscate flags at protests, claiming they disturb the peace.

“At the police station, they asked me questions and told me they would allow me to go, but I must leave the kippa with them. I said that I can’t and that the kippa is important to me; I’ve been wearing it for years. In the end, the police entered the room and returned the kippa cut up,” he says.

“As I sat in the interrogation, I thought surely someone would come in and tell me this is an April Fool’s joke. I am horrified at the behavior of the police officers. I, as a citizen, want to believe that the police are there to protect me. I now feel the police in my city see me as an enemy. And this is a terrible feeling.”

זו המדינה שאנחנו חיים בה: ד"ר אלכס סינקלר ישב בבית קפה במודיעין. לקוחה אחרת הבחינה שעל הכיפה שלו יש דגלי ישראל ופלסטין ביחד, סמל לשלום, והזמינה את המשטרה. המשטרה הגיעה והודיעה לו ש"הכיפה שלו נגד החוק". משסירב להסירה, נקלחה הכיפה בכוח, והוחזרה לו אחרי שדגל פלסטין נגזר ממנה. זהו. pic.twitter.com/cqCik3dUov

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