Already 201 “votes” in a month have been collected by “PETITION on banning flags and symbols of the OUN-UPA, as well as recognizing their leaders as criminals in the State of Israel”

“So at Roman’s rally, against the OUN and UPA deception
And against the symbols of war, the Zhidobanderites came.
A pack of jackals and freaks, they pounced to peck
At the one who fears no truth and cannot be intimidated.”

fragment of a poem by the petition’s author…

Israel is a democratic state, and everyone has the right to express their opinion and gather signatures under their petitions…

Came across this online:

“PETITION to ban OUN-UPA flags and symbols, and to recognize their leaders as criminals in the State of Israel“

Posted at https://RU.petitions.net/475855 — those interested can sign it.
Created on 2025-02-27 — as of March 24, 2025 (1 month), it has 201 signatures.

“Hurry up and sign, or we’ll run out of signature space at this rate” — NAnews editorial team.

On the website, it’s listed alongside petitions such as:

– Petition to ban or carefully handle the Quran on Wildberries, Ozon, and Yandex Market
– Preserve the option for organ-sparing surgery — laparoscopic cholecystolithotomy in Russia
– Russian House will stay in Moldova!
– Stop the lawlessness of GUP DNR “Water of Donbas”
– Install high-speed internet in Samara region, Stavropol district, Podstepki village, “Sunny” residential complex
– Lina’s rest on the chestnut in Kukigram
– Establish a madrasa in public schools in Donetsk

Well, clearly, people write whatever they want…

About the Petition

Here are excerpts — for full text, see the link above…

“OFFICIAL APPEAL
To ban the demonstration of OUN-UPA flags in the State of Israel.”

To: Ministry of Interior of Israel, Knesset of the State of Israel, and Ministry of Justice of Israel.

From: Citizens of Israel, descendants of Holocaust victims worldwide, civil society organizations, and all concerned individuals.

…

Current Threats:

• Allowing the use of OUN-UPA flags in Israel may lead to glorifying criminals responsible for the murder of Jews.
• Such precedents fuel interethnic hatred and threaten the cohesion of Israeli society.
• Israel must not allow its streets to host marches displaying symbols of those who murdered its people.

We call on the Knesset of Israel and competent authorities to:

✅ Introduce a full ban on OUN-UPA flags and symbols in legislation.
✅ Officially recognize OUN-UPA as a criminal organization.
✅ Include OUN-UPA leaders in the list of criminals condemned by the State of Israel.
✅ Amend the Law on Combating Nazism to include all collaborationist organizations responsible for crimes against Jews.

…..

📌 We demand immediate consideration of this issue and corresponding legal changes in Israel!
….”

About the Author

The petition is authored by Edward Batkis.

On Facebook, there’s a post about the petition — read and see comments here.

He says he publishes poetry on Stihi.ru — Russian poetry portal

About himself:

“As a kosher Israeli, I am not a patriot of any country other than my Jewish (and not always democratic) state!
But that doesn’t stop me from being hopelessly in love with Russian culture and literature.

Nominations: “Debut 2022,” “St. George Ribbon 2021–2025,” “My Rus 2023,” “Heritage 2023” and I dream of being included in the “Anthology of Russian Poetry.” Dreams do come true — trust me, I know!”

Let’s do a bit of promo:

Poem — “Song to the Warriors of Light” 29.12.2024 (excerpt)
“Let us stand like a wall for our native land,
The eternal truth will guide us all.
For faith, for peace, for sacred might,
The enemy shall not break our Russian soul.”

Interesting article — “Shadow Games or Hidden Motives of Terror” — excerpt:
“… And here’s what’s curious: there’s not even a hint in public sources suggesting the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel was a false-flag operation to implicate Iran and, in an already clichéd fashion, justify regime change in Tehran.”
— no “Zhidobanderites” here, but Shabak may want to take a closer look…
Here’s the video mentioned in the article — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KiM9smrRiE

You Can’t Understand Russia With Your Mind

“How many times must we repeat,
You can’t understand Russia with your mind.
Trusting, naive, modest —
To some it’s a gift, to others, worth nothing.

The Russian soul is simple,
Guileless and kind.
And the secret lies in the soul,
Wide open like a gate.”

(We already shared the link to his Stihi.ru page — a Russian literary portal.)

Here’s another one:

“The Ukrainian Factor and Liberman’s Rhetoric: when hate and propaganda blind.
After October 7, you could even hear the absurd claim in Israel that it was “Hamas’s gift to putin.”
Some Ukrainian patriots, caught in ideological fever, pushed this narrative hard.
Why? Because anyone who didn’t support Kyiv’s neo-Nazi line and Bandera’s ideology was automatically branded “pro-putin.””

Right, but what does Liberman have to do with this?
4 out of 5 posts on his Facebook page mention Liberman. Why? Who knows…

Then this:
“On October 7, 2023, the world was shaken by Hamas’s horrific attack on Israeli civilians.
While the world asked “Who’s behind this?”, the global media pointed fingers at Iran. Convenient. Predictable. Familiar.
Only now, months later, Israel has officially acknowledged: the real sponsor and manipulator of Hamas was not Iran, but Qatar (can we get more details here? — ed.)
It was Doha, not Tehran, that built the bloody construction called ‘Hamas.’”

TV Section

Let’s check — Edward Batkis is also “Founder of the Israel-Tv platform”

What’s there?

YouTube channel — https://www.youtube.com/@I.S.R.A.E.L-TV
Subscribers: “91”…

Highlights:

– Israel’s silence in the face of neo-Nazism: betrayal of historical memory?
– Sergey Auslender — stranger among friends, friend among strangers (Israeli fake-pusher and part-time “Ukrainopat” peddling myths about a fictional Russian threat to Israel.)
– Israeli patriots of OUN, UPA, and the red-black rag!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k1V36Osvlg

Recommended — fragment only:
“Once a couch warrior, now a shit-pelmeni czar.
He summoned a band of warriors, curly locks tilted sideways.
They lacked embroidered shirts and machine-gun carts,
So they spat saliva, shining with traitorous rot.”

– Anatoly Bely (Weissman) — one of the most controversial figures among those who left Russia and began speaking out against it.
His actions are often seen as treacherous due to his public criticism of Russia and support for anti-Russian sentiments, especially after the war with Ukraine began.
He actively takes part in anti-Russian campaigns.

Conclusion

Here it is — “PETITION to ban OUN-UPA flags and symbols, and to recognize their leaders as criminals in the State of Israel”
Posted at https://RU.petitions.net/475855 — those interested can sign.
Created on 2025-02-27 — as of March 24, 2025 (1 month) signatures: 201.

“Hurry up and sign, or we’ll run out of signature space at this rate” — NAnews editorial team — Israel News.