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The Beverly Hills superintendent overruled his school board’s decision to hang the Israeli flag.


Debates over whether the Israeli flag represents the Jewish people or the Jewish state — and whether the two can be separated — aren’t exactly standard fare for a school board meeting.

But that was the discussion in Beverly Hills last week, when the school board voted 3-2 to display the Israeli flag at its public schools during Jewish American Heritage Month.

All five board members initially supported flying the flags, but after criticism from local Palestinian activists, the board revised its resolution to say the display was meant to show support for the “Jewish community” rather than the “Jewish state,” according to the LA Times. The superintendent then overruled the board, citing “heightened safety concerns” and canceling the plan.


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Just like the flag for Christianity is not tied to a nation. But that doesn't fit the narrative that criticism of Israel's politics is anti-semitism.