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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Israeli flags

A demonstrator burns an Israeli flag outside a synagogue in Malmo, Sweden, on November 4, 2023. (The Council of Swedish Jewish communities)
November 6, 2023, 4:26 am
Protesters chant ‘bomb Israel’ and burn flag outside synagogue in Sweden
No police protection seen at sole Jewish house of worship in Malmo, where extremist Muslims have been harassing Jews for years
By Canaan Lidor
Israeli demonstrators are seen through Israel's national flag during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Cesarea, Israel, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 26, 2023, 2:13 pm
On Israel’s 75th birthday, the flag takes on new meaning as a symbol of protest
The national flag was for years shunned by the political left as a far-right symbol, but the recent wave of anti-government protests has seen it reclaimed as a mark of opposition
By Ben Sales
Israeli screenwriter Hagai Levi poses for a picture during an interview with AFP on January 7, 2020 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 24, 2023, 4:53 pm
After arrest at protest, ‘Our Boys’ director Hagai Levi calls overhaul ‘a blasphemy’
Creator of acclaimed HBO series detained at Tel Aviv rally for filming police, says weekly activism against government helps him cope with feeling ‘helpless’
By Jessica Steinberg
A man carrying an Israeli flag is assaulted by a group carrying Palestinian flags, near Nebi Samuel on the outskirts of Jerusalem, August 26, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
August 26, 2022, 7:53 pm
Israeli beaten in confrontation with Palestinians at shrine near Jerusalem
Footage shows men carrying Israeli flags assaulted by group carrying Palestinian flags during protest at Nebi Samuel; 5 arrested
By ToI Staff
A banner that includes an Israeli flag and a Palestinian flag, as part of a campaign by left-wing group Peace Now, in the lead up to US President Joe Biden's official visit, on display in Tel Aviv, July 11, 2022. 'President Biden, welcome to the two states we love the most,' it reads. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 11, 2022, 11:33 pm
Tel Aviv Municipality okays banner for Biden displaying Palestinian flag
Municipality withdraws request to remove Peace Now billboard, which welcomes US president and proclaims support for two-state solution
By ToI Staff
United Arab Emirates astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoori gestures shortly after the landing in a space capsule about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, on October 3, 2019. (Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool/AFP)
December 23, 2021, 8:46 pm
UAE astronaut gifts Jewish state with Israeli flag he took to space
Hazzaa al-Mansoori flew to the International Space Station with the national ensign a year before the Abraham Accords normalized relations between the UAE and Israel
By ToI Staff
A police patrol car on fire in the city of Lod, on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 29, 2021, 6:54 pm
5 Arab Lod residents indicted for participating in riots during Gaza conflict
Suspects charged with unlawful use of weapon, hurling Molotov cocktails at cars and homes and interfering with cops
By ToI Staff
Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack. (Kat Cammack/Facebook)
January 7, 2021, 1:13 am
Republican vows to fly Israel flag outside Congress office next to Rashida Tlaib
Newly elected Florida representative Kat Cammack says ‘it’ll be very helpful’ for Democrat of Palestinian descent to walk past it every day
By Jacob Magid
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, embraces his daughter as supporters hold Israeli, American and Brazilian flags, during a protest against his former Minister of Justice Sergio Moro and the Supreme Court, in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
May 5, 2020, 11:47 pm
Brazilian Jews criticize waving of Israeli flags at ‘anti-democratic’ protests
Local leaders say blue and white banners at pro-Bolsonaro rallies against virus restrictions and Supreme Court send wrong message about Jewish community’s pluralist nature
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Moroccans burn the Israeli flag during a demonstration against the US Middle East peace plan in the capital Rabat on February 9, 2020. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
February 17, 2020, 9:56 pm
Bahrain man jailed for 3 years after burning Israeli flag at riot
Court refuses to hear appeal, convicting defendant of organizing illegal demonstration; locals accuse government of seeking to appease Jerusalem, amid thawing of ties
By ToI Staff
Fake US and Israeli coffins in a Tehran courtyard on January 22, 2019. (Channel 12 screenshot)
January 22, 2020, 7:26 pm
Coffins draped in US and Israeli flags seen at Tehran protest exhibition
Fake caskets placed in courtyard where posters memorialized general Qassem Soleimani, killed in a targeted American strike last month
By ToI Staff
The Falmouth Jewish Congregation in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (Screen captureL Google Maps)
October 15, 2019, 9:24 pm
Israeli flag defaced with swastika found at Cape Cod synagogue
Rabbi of Falmouth Jewish Congregation says item, which also had white supremacist symbols scrawled on it, discovered hours after the end of Yom Kippur
By Penny Schwartz
Maccabi Haifa fans celebrate a goal during the UEFA Europa League preliminary round football match between Strasbourg and Maccabi Haifa at the Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on July 25, 2019 (Screen grab via sport1.co.il)
July 26, 2019, 5:45 pm
French authorities rescind ban on Israeli flag during Strasbourg soccer game
After protests, officials lift restrictions on Maccabi Haifa fans which they said were due to risk of anti-Semitic incidents; game ends with 3-1 loss for Israeli team
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Education Minister Rafi Peretz at his swearing-in ceremony at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem on June 26, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 26, 2019, 10:56 pm
Peretz said weighing making Arab, Haredi schools fly Israeli flag
New education minister hints at move during swearing-in ceremony: ‘I want to see the Israeli flag flying above all of us’
By ToI Staff
The Carmel Medical Center hospital in Haifa. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2019, 12:06 pm
Facing criticism, Haifa hospital reinstates Israeli flags for Independence Day
Director of Carmel Medical Center overrides directive to remove banners, issues apology
By ToI Staff
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