The flag-raising was announced on the same day that the city’s Jewish Mayor Brett Smiley returned from a trip to Israel.

Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace - Rhode Island protested outside of Mayor Brett Smiley's Providence home on Thursday ...

Smiley is more than halfway through his term, and facing pushback from constituents over a planned tax increase.

Tensions between City Council members, and between councilors and the mayor, played out over several days before the flag ...

More than a dozen community members held signs, chanted and drummed outside Mayor Brett Smiley’s home early Thursday morning.

After spending a week in Israel, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has returned home to the capitol city, and was met Thursday ...

Providence, Rhode Island, city officials plan to raise the Palestinian flag over City Hall on Friday, a move that has sparked ...

City Council leaders plan to fly the Palestinian flag above City Hall for four hours on Friday, while Mayor Brett Smiley just returned Wednesday from a trip to Israel with a goal to “strengthen ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said he wasn’t happy that Providence City Councilors will be raising the Palestinian flag at City Hall on ...

All eyes will be on Rhode Island's capital, where on Friday, the Palestinian flag will be raised outside city hall.