# Metsola to act after MEP Rima Hassan removes Israeli flag

https://mins.news/en/item/88121

- euronews, 2026-10-06 14:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/metsola-to-take-action-after-mep-rima-hassan-removes-israeli-flag

> French pro-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan removed the Israeli and EU flags from an exhibition commemorating victims of Hamas’s 7 October terrorist attack, provoking outrage among fellow lawmakers. She could be suspended from receiving her daily allowance.

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