U.S. immigration authorities arrested Yehonatan Ovadia, a 35-year-old Israeli citizen belonging to the anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic sect, and he faces deportation from the country following his involvement in a demonstration where he desecrated the Israeli flag. Ovadia participated in November 2023 in a protest against the raising of the flag outside a town hall building in Rockland County, New York, and later pleaded guilty and was convicted of disorderly conduct. His lawyers argue that this is persecution due to his political views, and one of them said: 'He opposes the Israeli government and the existence of the State of Israel for religious reasons, but to claim that he is antisemitic is the height of absurdity.'
US: Israeli arrested and faces deportation after desecrating Israeli flag
Daniel Adelson, New York|
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