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The Latest Campus Battleground Is The Flagpole

 

As students continue to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza, the flagpoles at universities have become the latest point of conflict.

 

Students have raised the Palestinian flag at central locations on several campuses across the country, in some cases replacing American flags. This happened on Tuesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

In New York, Mayor Eric Adams expressed anger at the hoisting of the Palestinian banner at the City College of New York in place of the U.S. flag. “That’s our flag, folks,” Mr. Adams said at a news conference on Wednesday. “Don’t take over our buildings and put another flag up. That may be fine to other people but it’s not to me.”  [Read More ...]

 

{Source:  https://dnyuz.com/2024/05/01/the-latest-campus-battleground-is-the-flagpole/  via NY Times}