A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that a Chicago landlord lawfully evicted a Palestinian-American for displaying a Palestinian flag in her apartment window.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court ruling, which held that Manal Farhan failed to prove claims of national origin discrimination or violations of the Fair Housing Act.

Farhan sued building owner M. Fishman and Company after her eviction. The property manager had instituted a building-wide neutrality policy about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Management took action after a tenant complained and told Farhan to remove the flag or face eviction.

She left the flag hanging and said it reflected pride in her heritage, which led management to serve an eviction notice, citing a violation o

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