Le 28 avril dernier, un homme portant kippa et franges rituelles a été filmé par la vidéosurveillance bousculant et agressant une religieuse catholique française dans les rues de Jérusalem.
A British Israeli academic and novelist has been detained by Israeli police in Modiin for wearing a kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags. Alex Sinclair, 53, was taken from a cafe, locked in a cell and had his kippah confiscated. When returned, the Palestinian flag had been cut off. Police said a complaint has been filed with their internal investigations division. Sinclair, who has worn the kippah for 20 years, described it as a symbol of his Jewish-Zionist identity supporting both Israeli and Palestinian rights.
A Hebrew University lecturer was detained by Israeli police in Modi'in for wearing a kippah adorned with Israeli and Palestinian flags. Alex Sinclair, who wore the symbolic head covering for 20 years without issue, was approached by a man who claimed it was illegal. Police arrived, attempted to confiscate the kippah, and detained him when he refused. A female officer cut out the Palestinian flag before returning the head covering. Sinclair filed a complaint with DIPI demanding compensation and written assurance he can wear it freely.
Un uomo ebreo è stato aggredito ieri pomeriggio in via Gerolamo Cardano, zona Marconi a Roma, mentre indossava la kippah. La polizia indaga sulla matrice antisemita dell'episodio. Victor Fadlun, presidente della Comunità Ebraica di Roma, ha denunciato l'accaduto e chiesto che venga fatta luce sui fatti.
