And now, she comes armed with what she sees as a potent symbol: an Israeli flag emblazoned with the words of the country’s Declaration of Independence. “I feel that the people of Israel woke ...

Occurring amid a surge in hatred of the Jewish state, the incident prompted an official protest by the foreign ministry in Jerusalem.

Debra Gassman filed suit last year after her boss at the Skokie Courthouse confiscated a 20-year-old photograph showing her brandishing an M-16 assault rifle in front of an Israeli flag ...