Israeli police investigate after officers 'cut Palestinian flag' from skullcap
The British Israeli man says he was detained after someone took offence at his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.
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""That photo of the ripped kippah – there's something so kind of evocative about it.""
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""I'm doing all of this as a Zionist, as somebody who chooses to live here, as somebody who believes in the right of Israel to exist and to flourish in security, along with the Palestinians having those same rights as well.""
— Alex Sinclair , Academic
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The British Israeli man says he was detained after someone took offence at his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.
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