ICE Targets an Anti-Israel Protester — This Time, a Hasidic Jew

Judge denies bail, continues detention of anti-Zionist Hasidic father in bid to deport him to Israel

Yehonatan Ovadia, a member of the anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic community and outspoken opponent of the Israeli state and Gaza genocide, has been detained since August 28 and is being threatened with deportation in violation of his First Amendment rights.

ICE targets an anti-Israel protester — this time, a Hasidic Jew

Yehonatan Ovadia faces deportation to Israel for what his lawyers say was exercising his right to free speech.

Satmar member facing deportation over anti-Israel protest to stay in ICE custody

A Manhattan judge denied bail to Yehonatan Ovadia, a 35-year-old father of five and member of the anti-Zionist Satmar sect, as the Trump administration seeks his deportation over a November 2023 protest during which an Israeli flag was destroyed

Trump Administration Moves to Deport Jewish Man Who Protested Israel

The Department of Homeland Security is attempting to deport a Hasidic Jew charged with removing an Israeli flag from a town hall in New York. The post Trump Administration Moves to Deport Jewish Man Who Protested Israel first appeared on Mediaite.

A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.

Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.

Trump Tries to Deport Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israel

“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer.