George Norcross, the Democratic Party organizer who was ejected from Sunday’s Philadelphia Eagles game for hanging an Israeli flag from his suite, is now threatening to sue the NFL, the team, and a security company over the incident.

Spokespeople for the NFL and the Eagles did not immediately respond to Mail Sport’s request for comment.

In a statement released Monday following the Eagles’ win over the visiting Dallas Cowboys, Norcross questioned the team and league, while urging ‘supporters of Israel to make their feelings known’ to both.

‘Yesterday, I was forcibly removed and assaulted by the non-police security staff of Lincoln Financial Field and the Eagles/NFL for refusing to remove a 3′ x5′ American and Israeli flag I’d hung off the box I was sitting in,’ wrote the influential 67-year-old.

Norcross, a staunch defender of Israel who was seen parading an US-Israeli flag at the game before hanging it from his suite, went on to accuse the NFL of promoting social justice for other groups, while ignoring the plight of Israelis amid that country’s armed conflict with Palestine.

Norcross, 67, was called as recently as 2023 New Jersey’s ‘most powerful unelected individual

Norcross was seen on video posted to X being escorted for flying a US-Israeli flag on Sunday

‘As a longtime passionate fan and season ticket holder, I have watched the Eagles/NFL make clear and strong statements on numerous important civil justice issues and ethnic and world conflicts, including supporting the people of Ukraine, so as a strong supporter of Israel — a country which was viciously attacked by the terrorist group Hamas less than a month ago — I thought it was an important statement to make,’ Norcross continued. 

‘It remains unclear why the Eagles/NFL believe that the US-Israeli flag should be deemed ‘obscene or indecent’ or otherwise inappropriate — which is what I was cited for — and should therefore be ripped down despite both issuing public statements strongly supporting Israel following the October 7th attacks.

‘But as I consider whether to file suit against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL and the security company which yanked me out of the box and paraded me in front of thousands of fans, I urge other supporters of Israel to make their feelings known to the team and the NFL just as they have to universities like Penn and Harvard.’

Norcross concluded his statement by defending Israel’s military response in Gaza, where more than 10,000 people are believed to have died in the four weeks since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack. ‘There is no dispute: On October 7th, Hamas murdered innocent Israeli civilians, raped woman and butchered children, and continues to hold hostages,’ Norcross said. ‘I believe Israel has the right to defend itself, just as the United States did following the September 11th attacks and I will remain a proud and vocal defender of its right to do so.

‘Americans have the right to peacefully protest, but that does not include the right to threaten people with bodily harm or even death.’

Norcross  has ties to many in politics including former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

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Norcross has been labeled New Jersey’s ‘most powerful unelected individual,’ and is often sought after for endorsements and fundraising by New Jersey Democrats.

On Sunday, he was seen in video posted on social media being escorted out of his luxury suite. Security guards were also spotted ripping down his display as they led him from the box.

Earlier in the day, on a televised pre-game show, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stood for an interview with a reporter where the same flag was displayed prominently in the background.

According to New Jersey Globe reporter David Wildstein, it may have come from Norcross himself, as he frequently hosts a tailgate prior to Philadelphia Eagles games.

Norcross’ power lies in Southern New Jersey and particularly Camden, which is just five miles from Philadelphia.

Lincoln Financial Field, where the Eagles play, has no specific policy against the flag but does have rules regarding signs and banners.

A US-Israeli flag was unfurled behind Christie – possibly by Norcross himself 

‘Signs, banners or similar items that are obscene or indecent, not event-related, potentially offensive to other patrons, capable of blocking the views of other fans or otherwise deemed dangerous or inappropriate by the Eagles are prohibited,’ their 2014 guidelines state.

‘Lincoln Financial Field reserves the right to confiscate signs that are in violation of stadium policy.’

Only America’s top flight soccer league, Major League Soccer, has reacted to the shock Hamas attack that killed 1,400 Israelis on October 7 with a policy specific to Israeli and Palestinian flags.

The league changed its fan code of conduct to temporarily ban ‘flags representing a country or nationality at MLS matches.’

Overseas, England’s Premier League has also banned Israeli and Palestinian flags for the time being.