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Man charged with vandalizing Israeli flag

Written by Emma Needleman | May 16, 2018 6:05:20 PM

The day after border clashes in Gaza on Israel’s 70th anniversary ended with some 50 unarmed Palestinian protesters killed, a Philly man was arrested for allegedly vandalizing an Israeli flag hanging over the Ben Franklin Parkway with red paint.

Antoine Guyton, 26, was charged with institutional vandalism and criminal mischief for allegedly using a “modified Super Soaker” to spray the Israeli flag near 16th and Ben Franklin Parkway with red paint on May 15.