Israel's Arab Knesset members fight bill restricting Palestinian flag

Israel’s Knesset is considering a bill banning Palestinian flags from being raised at Israeli-funded institutions and universities inside the Green Line.
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An Israeli soldier watches from a tower as Palestinian demonstrators wave the national flag in the city of Tubas on June 6, 2022, during a gathering to denounce the Israeli settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley. - JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — An Israeli bill banning the display of the Palestinian flag at Israeli government-funded institutions including universities passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset on June 1, with 63 votes in favor and 16 against.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, who is also the leader of the Israeli right-wing Yamina party, voted in favor of the bill put forward by the Likud party, headed by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

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