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A pro-Palestine activist embroiled in controversy for tearing down a string of Greek flags after mistaking them for the Israeli Star of David has been arrested and charged. Amber Matthews, 23, had shared footage of herself ripping down the blue and white bunting as she decried so-called “genocide… and Zionism” outside a Greek restaurant in New Jersey. Matthews, who goes by the social media alias “Ambamelia”, appeared to have become confused by the similarly-coloured flags. But the 23-year-old was swiftly pulled up on her mistake by bemused staff at the Efi’s Gyro eatery in Montclair – as wel…

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