US Deports Anti-Israel Hasidic Jew to His Native Israel
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OriginalUltra-Orthodox anti-Israel protester living in US faces deportation to IsraelThe story in 5 lines · by baba
- An Israeli-born anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew, Yehonatan Ovadia, faces deportation from the US to Israel.
- His US visa status was revoked following his involvement in a protest where an Israeli flag was taken down.
- Ovadia denies tearing down the flag, and hate crime charges against him were dropped.
- His lawyers claim the US government is penalizing him for religiously motivated protected speech.
- He is currently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and designated for deportation to Israel.
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