Israeli police detained a man wearing a kippah featuring both Palestinian and Israeli flags, then released him after cutting out the Palestinian flag, local media reported on Thursday.
The incident took place on Monday in Modi'in, central Israel.
The man, Alex Sinclair, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, described the encounter in a Facebook post, saying his kippah - a traditional Jewish head covering - was damaged by police.
"I was sitting in my local cafe in Modi'in," Sinclair said, adding that as he was working on his computer, "a religious man came over to me with an angry face and shouted at me that my kippah is against the law".
"For the past twenty years, almost, I've worn a kippah that has both the Israeli flag and the Palestinian flag on it," Sinclair said, adding that he told the man it was not illegal and suggested talking about it. Still, the man refused and threatened Sinclair that he would call the police.
