“On Wednesday, the Knesset passed the first reading of a bill introduced by Likud MK Eli Cohen that would bar displays of enemy flags—including the Palestinian flag—at any institution that accepts state funding, including universities. This comes on the heels of Jerusalem police confiscating Palestinian flags during Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral in May, videos of IDF soldiers taking down flags in Palestinian towns in the West Bank, and the Jerusalem Day flag march on Sunday that involved tens of thousands of Israeli Jews waving flags on a route through Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarter to the Western Wall. The tension and symbolism around flags is at a boiling point, and it points to the continuing difficulty of Israeli strength to overcome Israeli insecurity.”

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