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Schools in Umm al-Fahm were shut as far-right MK Yossi Sukkot, chair of the Knesset Education Committee, conducted an uncoordinated visit to the Arab city under heavy police guard, planting an Israeli flag and angering locals.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin condemned an antisemitic hate crime on the Upper East Side after a swastika was scrawled on a Tesla sedan. The incident, discovered on June 26, occurred near East 85th Street and 1st Avenue, with an Israeli flag found inside the vehicle. The NYPD is investigating the hate crime as part of a broader rise in antisemitic incidents in New York.

A vandal carved a swastika into the hood of a parked car on the Upper East Side, an act being investigated as antisemitic hate crime. The car had an Israeli flag displayed in the back seat, and the 56-year-old owner discovered the vandalism on Friday.

Israeli authorities illuminated Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque with Israeli flag colours and slogans, prompting Palestinian officials to condemn the action. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians over shared religious and historical sites.

Israeli police are investigating an incident where officers reportedly cut a Palestinian flag from a British-Israeli man's skullcap. The man was detained after someone took offense to his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.

A Lebanese man removed the Israeli flag from Beaufort Castle (Qalaat al-Shaqif) in southern Lebanon after returning to the region. The act symbolizes reclaiming historical and territorial control over the site.