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A Palestinian flag was held aloft during a San Francisco rally on Oct. 28, 2023, that called for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Oakland schools: Palestinian flag that flew for weeks didn’t violate policies

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

The Oakland high school that flew a Palestinian flag for four weeks at the start of the Israel-Hamas war did not violate district policies, according to the results of an […]

Preschool classroom displays with painted watermelon slices and Palestinian flag
Posted inPolitics, Bay Area, Israel, Education, News

Pro-Palestinian display at Stanford University day care unnerves some parents

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 22, 2024March 23, 2024
Someone in crowd holds up Stop Bombing sign with image of watermelon
Posted inPolitics

How the watermelon wound up as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

by Ron Kampeas January 5, 2024January 5, 2024
Tosha Stimage's "No on is listening to us" on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Impart Photography-Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian flags in a Jewish museum? Try ‘listening’ to what the artist is saying.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 11, 2022January 3, 2023
"No one is listening to us" by Tosha Stimage. (Photo/Impart Photography-C
ourtesy The Contemporary Jewish Museum)
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CJM visitors wonder: Does the Palestinian flag belong on the museum’s walls?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 9, 2022November 11, 2023

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