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Palestinian flag variants used as protest flags

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Freedom Flotila

image located by William Garrison, 12 April 2024
Source: https://www.commondreams.org

A flag of the pro-Palestinian "Freedom Flotilla" organization that tried to sail several ships loaded with supplies to the Gaza Strip in late June 2015, but were unsuccessful in landing the supplies due to the Israeli navy's desire of wanting to first search the vessels for weapons. This flag appears to have divided imagery: the top fourth of the flag shows the national flag of "Palestine", while the bottom three-fourths is in light-blue with the slogan "FREEDOM FLOTILLA" and below it what appears to be the organization's logo.

Further photos of the flag: logo, photo, both from X.
William Garrison, 12 April 2024

Freedom Flotila Coalition and Women's Boat to Gaza

images located by William Garrison, 12 April 2024
based on photo and photo

Flag variants of the "FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION" and "WOMEN'S BOAT TO GAZA" (this flag's logo resembles a sailboat imaged with the colors of the Palestinian national flag: black/white/red/green, and the red sail resembles a feminine face with black hair?, and the group's name below their logo) , c. June 2015. These organizations tried to ship supplies from various European nations to communities in the Gaza Strip c. mid-June 2015. (Photo credit: Zaytouna-Oliva)

Flag source: https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4862924,00.html
Freedom Flotilla Coalition logo source: https://www.cleanpng.com
Women's Boat to Gaza logo source from Facebook
William Garrison, 12 April 2024

Salam Ya Mahdi

image by Željko Heimer and António Martins, 14 May 2024

See: Salam Ya Mahdi (Iran)
William Garrison, 15 May 2024

Democratic Palestine

image located by William Garrison, 30 May 2024
Source: https://www.france24.com

RIP Aaron Bushnell self-immobilization

image located by William Garrison, 31 May 2024
Source: https://www.amazon.com/OEIDABXU-Complicit-Genocide-Bushnell-Palestine/dp

The national flag of Palestine with a red slogan on the top black stripe that reads: "I Will No Longer Be Complicit in Genocide", with "RIP Aaron Bushnell" on the bottom green stripe, and a crude drawing of a uniformed male on fire from red "flames" burning his clothing. "RIP" is short for the graveyard-memorial phrase: "Rest In Peace." This imagery refers to U.S. Air Force serviceman, 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, who on Jan. 25, 2024, while dressed in his military uniform, stood outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, announced his intention to "engage in an extreme act of protest" for Palestine on a livestream on Twitch, after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire and thereby committed self-immobilization. He objected to the U.S. supplying munitions to Israel that were being fired against hostile Hamas militiamen in the Gaza Strip, but which also killed and injured many Palestinian civilians.
William Garrison, 31 May 2024

Samidoun Sinwar flags

image located by William Garrison, 3 September 2024
Source: at 00:27 at https://www.memri.org

A Palestinian flag issued by "Samidoun" ("Palestinian Solidarity Network") which was emblazed with the images of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Nakhaleh, and PFLP leader Ahmad Sa'adat, Seen at a September 2, 2024 "Flood New York City for Gaza" rally.

Flag also seen at https://www.jns.org/hamas-hezbollah-flags-flown-at-nyc-anti-israel-march/
William Garrison, 3 September 2024

Another Samidoun Saadat-Sinwar-Nahaleh flag is posted at https://www.jns.org/hamas-hezbollah-flags-flown-at-nyc-anti-israel-march/ where the national flag of Palestine is emblazoned with the images of: PFLP leader Ahmad Sa'adat (near red hoist), Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (middle), and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement leader Ziyad Nakhaleh (fly side).
Seen at a September 2, 2024 "Flood New York City for Gaza" rally in NYC, NY. Below the three portraits there is a white box with the word "samidoun." The flag was issued by "Samidoun" ("Palestinian Solidarity Network"). Samidounis part of the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" (PFLP) and was founded by members of the PFLP in 2012.
Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images.
William Garrison, 22 September 2024

Long Live October 7th -- samidoun

image located by William Garrison, 21 September 2024
Source: https://jihadwatch.org/2024/09/nyc-pro-hamas-rioters-hold-long-live-october-7th-flag

A white-field (with red-tassel fringe), pro-Palestine flag with slogans of: "vote" ... (some undecipherable word/slogan in Arabic) ... "Long Live October 7th" ..."samidoun"; seen at a "Free Palestine" rally NYC, c. Sept. 20, 2024. "Samidoun" is a "Palestinian prisoner solidarity network". It is part of the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine " (PFLP) and was founded by members of the PFLP in 2012. The word "vote" on the top line undoubtedly is encouraging Palestinians living in NYC to vote in the upcoming Nov. 5, 2024 elections to support pro-Palestinian candidates running for NYC council seats or for U.S. congressional and president offices.
William Garrison, 21 September 2024

Ambush knowledge of the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades

image located by William Garrison, 15 September 2024

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net

The national flag of Palestine with two black Arabic slogans on the middle white stripe, as seen being paraded in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza (Palestine), by armed members of the "al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades" ("Brigades of Saladin the Victorious"), on 29 Sept. 2023. The top black Arabic slogan reads: "Knowledge of Ambush", essentially meaning: "We know how to ambush". The bottom line reads: "al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades" [Deen = Din].

The "Ambush" expertise refers to an incident when early on 17 Feb 2018, a member of the "al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades" placed a regular, unadorned, national flag of Palestine on a flagpole into the wire fence dividing southeastern Gaza from Israel. The flagpole had been booby-trapped inside with explosives. A passing Israeli patrol - after checking for boobytraps around the flag -- removed the flag along with its flagpole from the fence. Once the single Israeli bomb-disposal soldier carried the flag and pole back to his teammates, a member of the "al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades" detonated the explosive-filled flagpole by remote control, which resulted in wounding four Israelis.

This unit is the military wing of the "Popular Resistance Committees" that operates in the Gaza Strip. The hoist is along the red-triangle side of this flag. Interestingly, this 2019 flag exists as a reference to the earlier 2018 flag incident. This flag was seen as early as January 2019. 2018 ambush-film source: https://www.newarab.com. Original photo of this commemorative 2023 "ambush" flag is at: https://www.alamy.com.

Story source: https://www.longwarjournal.org

William Garrison, 15 September 2024

Pride was made in .. Gaza

Shown at https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo, the national flag of Palestine flag bearing an Arabic two-line slogan on the middle white stripe that in English reads: "Pride was made in .. Gaza" during the "AFC Champions League Group C" football/soccer match between Iraq's "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya" and Saudi Arabia's "Al-Ittihad" at the "Franso Hariri Stadium" in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on November 6, 202. The word "Gaza" (غَزَّةَ) appears at the bottom left in the slogan. Essentially, this flag praises the Hamas militia raid (Toufan/Tawafan Al-Aqsa or "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood") from the Gaza Strip into southwestern Israel after sunrise on Oct. 7, 2023. A hidden flagpole sleeve is alongside the right, red-side hoist side. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP) (Photo by SAFIN HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)

located by William Garrison, 12 October 2024

Skull & crossbones flag

image located by William Garrison, 15 September 2024

Source: https://komonews.com

The national flag of Palestine with a skull-and-crossbones image located at the left middle tip of the red-triangle canton at the right hoist side of the flag. Seen at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the "Quad" (between school buildings, a large grassy quadrangle-shaped "hanging-out space" for students) at the University of Washington, located in Seattle, Washington, USA, on April 29, 2024. The television news program did not explore the meaning of this flag. While I could make some speculations about the purpose of this flag, due to its controversial image, I think I will pass on making any unsubstantiated guesses. Maybe some day I'll learn why from my old "alma mater."

William Garrison, 15 September 2024

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 October 2024

A careful look seems to reveal that this is not just a generic icon indicating piracy or danger, but the very specific fictional pirate flag of Captain Ruffy/Lufy from the Japanese children animated series One Piece.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 October 2024