In Northern Ireland, which is still under British rule, nationalist communities regularly fly the Palestinian flag – and some loyalists fly the Israeli flag in response. Israel’s current ...

A social media post about Northern Ireland which used an Irish tricolour has been removed by 10 Downing Street. An edited version of the Instagram post has now been uploaded without the flag.

That the flag has turned into a protest symbol, said one woman from northern Israel who declined to give her name, elicits a mixture of “pride and sadness” regarding the political conflict rag ...