Last week, a left-wing MP was suspended for 15 days for waving the Palestinian flag in the National Assembly, causing the session to be suspended for about an hour. La France Insoumise (LFI) party MP, Sebastien Delogu waved the flag in support of the Palestinians during a question to the government about the situation in the Gaza Strip.
In a letter published yesterday, the Committee of University Heads criticised the bill, that passed a preliminary reading last week as an attempt "to turn academic institutions into branches of the Israeli Police and the Shin Bet, forcing them to track hundreds of thousands of students on their premises, and to impose punishments on actions that currently ...
Adalah issued a position paper on 8 March in which it addresses the legality of displaying the Palestinian flag in the public sphere in Israel. The paper examines the history of hostility and incitement surrounding the flag, as part of Israel’s efforts to persecute Palestinians and suppress their national identity. In the paper, Adalah challenges basic ...
Amnesty International has condemned a recent order by Israel which bans Palestinian flag hoisted in public calling on the far-right Israeli minister Itmar Ben-Gvir to retract from the order.