The city of Paterson, N.J. — whose southern area is called “Little Ramallah” for the large number of Palestinian Arab expats – raised the Palestinian flag above city hall on Sunday May 19 as it proclaimed Palestinian-American Day.
Dozens of haredi Orthodox schoolchildren participated in a Lag b\’Omer bonfire in Antwerp that featured the burning of an Israeli flag.
Dozens of people involved in rioting at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo were given suspended jail sentences.
The Egyptian man who ripped down the Israeli flag from the embassy in Cairo has been rewarded for his act.
The flag is like a tallit. The tallit envelops us in a physical connection to God and to the Jewish people.
The outdoor event, under extensive security, was an old-fashioned lift-your-voices, wave-the-flag celebration, with a little bit of everything. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rang the rafters, pledging his city\’s unbreakable bond with Israel and ending with a rousing \”Am Yisrael Chai.\”\n\n
It\’s a fact of life: Israel\’s blue and white is a red flag for the fanatics. Wave it, and they are likely to charge.
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