Israel’s Ben-Gvir orders police to bar Palestinian flags from public spaces
Israel’s new national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has ordered the state's police commissioner to enforce a directive to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces a day after one was waved at an Israeli-led anti-government protest in Tel Aviv. Ben-Gvir sent out the order to commissioner Kobi Shabtai on Sunday, flexing unprecedented powers granted to the ultra-nationalist politician as part of recent coalition negotiations to form Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Channel 13 news, which reported the initial order, also reported […]
