Long before the Israeli police detained me last week, my special skullcap had received strong reactions from Palestinians and struck up meaningful conversations with right wingers. It’s got to be doing something right

For many years now, I’ve worn a kippa embroidered with the flags of both Israel and Palestine. I guess you know that by now, after I got detained last week for wearing that kippa. And you’ve read many of the responses to this special skullcap in this newspaper and beyond.