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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) blocked a pro-Israel event from happening on Wednesday, according to the conservative student group hosting the event.
The student group, UCLA&#8217;s Young America&#8217;s Foundation (YAF) chapter, <a href="https://yaf.org/news/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://yaf.org/news/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1715985570476000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25oAi27VaQ5Jmp_zIUVzOb">accused</a> the university of caving to pressure from &#8220;pro-Hamas campus radicals&#8221; who have engaged in &#8220;violent&#8221; protests and encampments for weeks.
The event was slated to begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The featured speaker was author and counter-Jihad expert Robert Spencer.
However, on the day of the event, the YAF team discovered that the doors to the event room were locked, the student chairman of UCLA&#8217;s YAF chapter, Matthew Weinberg told The Daily Wire.
When they contacted university officials, they were informed that their event would need to be relocated to a &#8220;very old and inconvenient&#8221; location on campus that is much less trafficked, Weinberg said. This was an &#8220;unacceptable last minute change that would have significantly impacted the event’s attendance and impact,&#8221; YAF said in a <a href="https://yaf.org/news/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://yaf.org/news/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1715985570476000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25oAi27VaQ5Jmp_zIUVzOb">post</a> about the incident.
&#8220;Ultimately, we were barred from utilizing the designated room for our event,&#8221; Weinberg said, adding that he had reserved the room over a month ago.
Administrators allegedly refused to open the locked doors, citing &#8220;security concerns.&#8221;
In the weeks prior, UCLA administrators also allegedly stalled the event&#8217;s approval process, according to the student group. Administrators told the group that if the pro-Palestinian encampment was still in place on the day of the event, it would be too dangerous for an event expressing opposing views to happen, the group said.
The student group brought in legal counsel and contested that decision, arguing that it was an unconstitutional use of the heckler’s veto. At first, the university appeared to reconsider.
&#8220;The school threw up roadblock after roadblock to try and prevent the event from happening. Eventually, the school granted approval, albeit on very short notice,&#8221; Weinberg said.
In the end though, the event was blocked, the group said.
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&#8220;The move is also a clear violation of students’ constitutional rights,&#8221; YAF said in its post.
UCLA said it was &#8220;misinformation&#8221; that the event was canceled.
&#8220;The event took place in the designated location after it shifted to a closed, recorded event as proposed by the organizer and agreed to by UCLA,&#8221; Mary Osako, vice chancellor of strategic communications at UCLA, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
YAF pushed back on the university&#8217;s characterization, saying the event never took place.
&#8220;The statement from UCLA is not correct. To be clear, our event did not take place,&#8221; YAF told The Daily Wire.
YAF&#8217;s president, former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, warned that YAF is prepared to take UCLA to court over the issue.
&#8220;Conservative students should have the same rights as the pro-Hamas students who have routinely obstructed and violently disrupted the UCLA campus,&#8221; Walker said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;UCLA canceled YAF’s access to the lecture hall while allowing protestors to freely roam the campus. Like we did against UC, Berkeley, YAF will prevail against UCLA in court!&#8221; Walker said.
Weinberg, the YAF chapter student chairman, expressed disappointment at the university&#8217;s move.
&#8220;Our chapter harbors profound disappointment towards the administration for permitting unlawful pro-Hamas encampments to flout both legal statutes and school policies, thereby enabling these agitators and students to perpetrate physical harassment and assaults against Jewish students,&#8221; Weinburg said. &#8220;Our sole intent was to host a Pro-Israel event welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and viewpoints, aimed at fostering dialogue often absent from college campuses. This is not only a double standard, but a clear infringement upon our First Amendment rights.&#8221;
&#8220;As a result, we have chosen to pursue legal recourse,&#8221; he added.
Spencer, the event&#8217;s speaker, had strong words for the school, accusing it of indoctrinating students with leftist ideology.
“UCLA and other universities today are not institutions of higher learning; they are radioactive wastelands of hard-left indoctrination,” Spencer said.
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The president of Sonoma State University (SSU) in California has been placed on leave after sending an email on Tuesday announcing an agreement with anti-Israel protesters.
SSU President Ming-Tung &#8220;Mike&#8221; Lee announced that the agreement with students who had set up camp on the school’s Person Lawn to protest Israel would include an “academic boycott” of Israel, The Press Democrat <a href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/mike-lee-sonoma-state-protestors/">reported</a>. The boycott would mean that SSU would not pursue or engage with any study abroad programs with Israeli state institutions, KCRA <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/sonoma-state-president-on-leave-after-agreement-protesters/60807084">reported</a>.
This was part of four “points of agreement” Lee agreed to with the protesters to get them to remove their camp.
Also part of the agreement was a promise to disclose university vendor contracts and seek “divestment strategies,” the outlet reported. Lee also said the university would create an advisory council of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Last week, survivors of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel sued SJP and other anti-Israel groups, claiming the group had links to the terrorist organization Hamas, the Intercept <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/05/10/october-7-survivors-lawsuit-palestine-hamas-sjp-protests/">reported</a>.
On Wednesday, one day after Lee sent his email, California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia issued <a href="https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/chancellor-statement-sonoma-state-may-2024.aspx">a statement</a> denouncing the agreement and saying the email had been sent “without the appropriate approvals.”
“The Board’s leadership and I are actively reviewing the matter and will provide additional details in the near future. For now, because of this insubordination and consequences it has brought upon the system, President Lee has been placed on administrative l​eave,” Garcia wrote.
“I want to acknowledge how deeply concerned I am about the impact the statement has had on the Sonoma State community, and how challenging and painful it will be​ for many of our students and community members to see and read. The heart and mission of the CSU is to create an inclusive and welcoming place for everyone we serve​, not to marginalize one community over another,” she added.
Lee sent another email late Wednesday announcing his leave and acknowledging the agreement was a mistake.
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“My goal when meeting with students at the encampment was to explore opportunities to make meaningful change, identify common ground and create a safe and inclusive campus for all. I now realize that many of the statements I made in my campus-wide message did just the opposite,” he said, according to the Press Democrat. “In my attempt to find agreement with one group of students, I marginalized other members of our student population and community. I realize the harm that this has caused, and I take full ownership of it.”
Stephen Bittner, chair of SSU’s history department and director of its Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide,​ told the Press Democrat that he was “completely blindsided” by the provisions in the agreement Lee made with the protesters.
“The academic boycott of Israel is atrocious and morally reprehensible, in my view,” he told the outlet before Lee was placed on leave. “It is contrary to the values of scholarly freedom, and free exchange, that are supposed to be at the center of any university.”

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The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill&#8217;s board of trustees has voted to gut funding for the school&#8217;s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) department and give the money to campus police instead.
UNC Chapel Hill’s board <a href="https://www.wunc.org/education/2024-05-13/dei-unc-chapel-hill-trustees-vote-redirect-funding-police">voted</a> unanimously to redirect $2.3 million in diversity funding toward campus safety and police at a special meeting on Monday to address the university&#8217;s budget.
The move could essentially eliminate the school&#8217;s diversity office.
The beefed up funding for campus police comes in the wake of weeks of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, which have <a href="https://alumni.unc.edu/news/students-others-arrested-during-pro-palestinian-demonstration/">resulted</a> in several arrests.
The school&#8217;s budget committee introduced the amendment to cut the diversity budget.
“I think that DEI in a lot of people’s minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination,” budget committee vice chairman Marty Kotis <a href="https://www.wunc.org/education/2024-05-13/dei-unc-chapel-hill-trustees-vote-redirect-funding-police">said</a>. “We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought.”
&#8220;It&#8217;s important to consider the needs of all 30,000 students, not just the 100 or so that may want to disrupt the university&#8217;s operations,&#8221; Kotis <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/unc-board-slashes-diversity-program-funding-divert-money-110182543">said</a>. &#8220;It takes away resources for others.&#8221;
&#8220;My personal opinion is that there’s administrative bloat in the university,&#8221; Board Chairman David Boliek <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article288473709.html">told</a> the Raleigh News &amp; Observer. &#8220;Any cuts in administration and diverting of dollars to rubber-meets-the-road efforts like public safety and teaching is important.&#8221;
Anti-Israel protests have roiled UNC Chapel Hill&#8217;s campus for weeks. Last month, police detained more than 30 people at a pro-Palestinian encampment where protesters took down the American flag and replaced it with a Palestinian flag.
“When you destroy property or you take down the U.S flag and you have to put up gates around it — that costs money,” Kotis, the budget committee vice chairman <a href="https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2024-05-13/dei-unc-chapel-hill-trustees-vote-redirect-funding-police">said</a>. “It’s imperative that we have the proper resources for law enforcement to protect the campus.”
Dozens of protesters have been arrested across multiple campuses, including at Northeastern University in Boston, Emerson College in Boston, Emory University in Atlanta, Virginia Tech University, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
UNC Chapel Hill is the flagship school of North Carolina&#8217;s public university system, which is currently approaching a broader vote next week to replace its diversity policy. The move would reverse a 2019 DEI regulation for the university system&#8217;s 17 schools and likely eliminate a number of DEI jobs at those schools.
If approved, the school system&#8217;s new policy <a href="https://abc11.com/post/dei-funding-unc-board-of-trustees-diversity-program-diverts-money-to-public-safety/14808731/">would</a> take effect immediately.
In June, the Supreme Court ruled against the University of North Carolina’s and Harvard&#8217;s affirmative action policies in a decision that has had a profound effect on the admissions processes at schools across the country.

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A teenager who allegedly helped desecrate a World War I memorial in Central Park earlier this week was handed over to police by his father on Thursday night and charged with multiple crimes.
The 16-year-old anti-Israel protester — who allegedly spray-painted &#8220;Gaza&#8221; on the memorial honoring Americans who bravely fought in World War I — has been charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony, and making graffiti, a misdemeanor, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/09/us-news/anti-israel-protester-16-arrested-for-vandalizing-central-park-wwi-memorial-after-father-turns-him-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry posted a blurred photo of the teenager in handcuffs after his father had turned him in.
&#8220;The despicable vandalism we saw earlier this week on the WWI Memorial will not be ignored, and will not go unpunished,&#8221; Daughtry wrote. &#8220;One of the culprits was placed in handcuffs today thanks to the World’s Greatest Detectives. This isn’t simply juvenile hijinks- it’s an act of desecration that undermines the freedoms our heroes fought and died for.&#8221;
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The despicable vandalism we saw earlier this week on the WWI Memorial will not be ignored, and will not go unpunished. One of the culprits was placed in handcuffs today thanks to the World’s Greatest Detectives. This isn’t simply juvenile hijinks- it’s an act of desecration that… <a href="https://t.co/2R8uzssIqD">pic.twitter.com/2R8uzssIqD</a>
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Police sources told the Post that the 16-year-old has no prior arrests and attends Tottenville High School, which is located on Staten Island.
A group of anti-America and anti-Israel protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gathered around the World War I memorial</a> in Central Park on Monday during the “Day of Rage” protests, which saw around 1,000 demonstrators rally in New York City on Holocaust Remembrance Day. During the organized protest, an American flag was burned at the base of the World War I memorial while some demonstrators plastered the American soldiers featured on the memorial with stickers that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.&#8221;
Video of the protesters defacing the memorial and burning an American flag showed no signs of police presence at the memorial as many NYPD officers were dispatched to prevent anti-Israel protesters from getting close to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where A-list celebrities attended the Met Gala on Monday night.
Over two dozen protesters were arrested by the NYPD on Monday, according to <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2024/05/07/multiple-protesters-arrested-on-upper-east-side#:~:text=Police%20arrested%2027%20pro%2DPalestinian,to%20interrupt%20the%20Met%20Gala." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spectrum News</a>. One of those arrested was 35-year-old Manolo De Los Santos, a career agitator who has spent time in Cuba, the Post reported. De Los Santos is the leader of the radical nonprofit group The People’s Forum (TPF), which encouraged anti-Israel demonstrators to recreate &#8220;the summer of 2020&#8221; when George Floyd demonstrations turned into violent riots in many cities across the country, according to the <a href="https://freebeacon.com/campus/anti-israel-group-encouraged-columbia-protesters-to-recreate-the-summer-of-2020-hours-before-students-stormed-a-building/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Free Beacon</a>.
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The Post reported that following his arrest, De Los Santos was only hit with a court summons, meaning he is unlikely to face any punishment for his participation in the Manhattan demonstrations.

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro joined “<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2024/04/04/on-top-of-the-cable-news-ratings-greg-gutfeld-signs-new-multi-year-deal-with-fox-news/?sh=6df0e1b5590c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">king of late night</a>” Greg Gutfeld on his eponymous Fox News talk show Wednesday night, discussing multiple issues, including backlash to the anti-Israel protest at Columbia University.
Gutfeld asked his guests about 13 federal judges <a href="https://freebeacon.com/campus/13-federal-judges-say-they-will-no-longer-hire-law-clerks-from-columbia-university-citing-virulent-spread-of-antisemitism-and-explosion-of-student-disruptions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> earlier this week that they will no longer hire law clerks from Columbia after the university sat by idly for days as anti-Israel protesters camped out on school property and took over a Columbia building. Gutfeld said he is “torn” over the move, adding that he “like[s] that this message is being sent, but at the same time, how do we know that it’s those guys that are [protesting]?”
Shapiro replied, saying, it’s unknown who exactly from Columbia is participating in the anti-America — and anti-Israel — demonstrations.
“It’s unfair, but also good,” Shapiro said. “It is unfair to a bunch of Columbia Law grads who are not participating in this stupidity, but it is very good for the Columbia brand to be degraded in this way.”
“If you worked at Enron, you might not have been involved in the scam that was Enron, but you’re not going to be hired at your next job if you put that on your resume,” he added. “What Columbia is doing right now is burning out its own reputation, and they richly deserve everything that’s about to happen to them over the course of the next ten years.”
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Anti-Israel demonstrators camped out on Columbia University’s campus for over a week before dozens of them stormed the school’s Hamilton Hall and illegally occupied it for hours, demanding Columbia divest from Israel. NYPD officers moved in on the protesters in Hamilton Hall last week, arresting dozens of people.
Columbia President Minouche Shafik <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-president-says-occupation-of-campus-building-by-anti-israel-protesters-was-violent-act-distressing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the Hamilton Hall occupation a “violent act.”
“A group of protesters crossed a new line with the occupation of Hamilton Hall,” Shafik said. “It was a violent act that put our students at risk, as well as putting the protesters at risk. I walked through the building and saw the damage which was distressing.”
She added that she believes those leading the anti-Israel demonstrators included Columbia students who were led “by individuals who are not affiliated with the University.”

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Anti-Israel protesters at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, tried to stand guard over a wall they had vandalized, and when they refused to stand down, the contractor hired to repaint the wall simply painted over them.
The wall had been covered with red handprints and what CWRU President Eric Kaler referred to in a letter as &#8220;threatening, intimidating and antisemitic&#8221; language. Another wall was also painted by protesters, Kaler noted, saying that the language on that wall was &#8220;less threatening but still intimidating to some in our community.&#8221;
In that same letter, he announced the university&#8217;s plans to paint over the walls: &#8220;The university has painted over the advocacy wall and will complete painting over the spirit wall this morning.&#8221;
Kaler also acknowledged reports that students had been hit by paint as the third-party contractors went about repainting the walls — and he promised to investigate.
The video, which quickly circulated on social media, showed three protesters standing in front of a wall while the contractor painted over the graffiti. When he got to where the protesters stood, he kept painting — after allowing them time to put on face shields.
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People could be heard in the video pointing out that the protesters did not have to stand there. Campus police, standing by as the situation unfolded, stated that they had informed the protesters that they would get paint on them if they chose not to move out of the way.
&#8220;We had just put up beautiful Pro-Palestinian art and at 5 a.m. Tuesday, they told them to come in and cover it up and they spray painted over two students and a passerby that were trying to guard the wall,&#8221; student JD Harrison complained to a local <a href="https://fox8.com/news/pro-palestinian-protestors-at-cwru-face-new-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX affiliate</a>.
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Kaler <a href="https://case.edu/president/speeches-statements/update-overnight-incident-spirit-wall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later announced</a> that he had viewed the video and said that he was &#8220;disturbed&#8221; by the way the students had been treated — and after offering his apologies, said that he planned to investigate the campus police who did not step in and stop the contractors.
&#8220;Let me be clear: No students—or any individuals—should ever be treated this way, especially on a campus where our core values center on providing a safe, welcoming environment. This is not who we are as an institution, and I am deeply sorry this ever occurred,&#8221; Kaler continued. &#8220;The university will continue to fully investigate these actions and hold individuals responsible for this behavior, including the failure of our own officers to intervene.&#8221;
Kaler had previously told students that their &#8220;solidarity encampment&#8221; was illegal and must be taken down and denied their demands that the university divest from any support of Israel.

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Can't Move 'Em? Paint Over 'Em: Contractor Has Zero Patience For Campus Protests

Hamas

Ohio

Protests

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-moore">Michael Moore</a> called for more campus takeovers by anti-Israel radical protestors — like the ones that have been seen across the country at colleges like Columbia University and UCLA.
During the 70-year-old’s latest <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/49XoLLAqyvrrqkx5Hpj1xY">podcast</a> “Rumble with Michael Moore,” the activist film director suggested that it was &#8220;democracy&#8221; in action for these “brilliant” students to take over buildings on campuses as they call for a ceasefire in Gaza following the terrorist attack on October 7, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/michael-moore-declares-you-have-to-take-over-buildings-during-campus-protests-if-you-havent-started-an-encampment-at-your-college-do-it/">Mediaite</a> reported.
“When I’m talking about nonviolent, I’m talking about you do have the right to take over the administration building,” <a href="https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/michael-moore-encourages-student-protesters-to-occupy-buildings-you-do-have-the-right-rumble-pro-palestine-protests-anti-israel-gaza-solidarity-encampment-college-campus-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moore said</a>, 
“You have to take over buildings,” he added. “That is not violence.”
“I hope it continues,” Moore continued. “I applaud every student who has taken a stand at their campus, at graduation, whatever. This is the purpose of a democracy.”
He then blasted Mayor Eric Adams (D-NY) who he said had called out &#8220;<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ny-police-deputy-commissioner-brings-chains-used-by-columbia-agitators-into-morning-joe-studio-not-what-students-bring-to-school/">outside agitators</a>” to stop rising tensions on the Columbia University campus, where hundreds of pro-Palestine protestors have been arrested.
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Film director and producer Michael Moore on his podcast “Rumble” Monday encouraged student protesters to occupy campus buildings, arguing such actions count as peaceful protests.<a href="https://t.co/xAXeH5lRi1">https://t.co/xAXeH5lRi1</a>
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“It’s such a joke,” Moore said. “There’s no such thing as an outside agitator because these schools live in the communities. They exist in the communities. They participate in the communities.”
“If you haven’t started an encampment at your college, do it!” he added. “Take a stand.”
One activist protestor, interviewed on his show, admitted that the whole point of these radical takeovers of campuses is “disruption,” the outlet noted.
“There’s the misconception that we’re disrupting. That’s the point,” the activist said. “We’re here to disrupt. Like, thank you for saying we’re disrupting because that’s the truth.”
“We’re here to disrupt your daily lives,” the activist added. “We’re here to show you the urgency.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/saving-the-planet-hollywood-gloats-after-kansas-pro-life-amendment-loses">Moore</a> then repeated a claim he’s made previously, suggesting that President Joe Biden will lose the 2024 election to former President Donald Trump if he doesn’t change his policy of supporting Israel, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-moore-warns-bidens-chances-of-being-re-elected-are-not-so-great">reported</a>.
“We’ve got a president who doesn’t seem to have a clue in his head,” the leftist film director said, calling on the president to “pull the plug” on his support of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-moore-warns-bidens-chances-of-being-re-elected-are-not-so-great" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Moore Warns Biden’s Chances Of Being Re-Elected Are Not ‘So Great’</a>

Michael Moore

‘You Do Have The Right…’: Michael Moore Calls For More Campus Takeovers By Radical Protestors

'You Do Have The Right...': Michael Moore Calls For More Campus Takeovers By Radical Protestors

Donald Trump

Joe Biden

News

A group of anti-Israel protesters defaced a World War I Memorial and lit an American flag on fire in Central Park on Monday after police prevented around 1,000 of the demonstrators from reaching the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/06/us-news/over-1000-pro-palestinian-protesters-march-toward-met-gala/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Video of the incident showed anti-Israel protesters vandalizing the memorial with graffiti that read &#8220;Gaza&#8221; and &#8220;Palestine will be free&#8221; as an American flag burned at its base. Some demonstrators plastered the American soldiers featured on the memorial with stickers that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine,&#8221; according to the Post.
Another demonstrator climbed on top of the memorial, holding a Palestinian flag. No police were seen in the video as the protesters desecrated the American military monument. A monument of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was also vandalized in Central Park Monday evening.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NOW</a> 107th infantry War Soldier Memorial draped in Palestinian flag while American flag burns on the ground on 5th Ave in NYC during &#39;DAY OF RAGE&#39; protest. <a href="https://t.co/GAOyQoD130">pic.twitter.com/GAOyQoD130</a>
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The anti-Israel protests in New York City were part of an organized &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; demonstration that took place near the Met Gala, where celebrities gathered for the annual Costume Institute Benefit. The anti-Israel organizers&#8217; &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; also fell on &#8220;Holocaust Remembrance Day.&#8221;
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PARK AVENUE SHUT DOWN BY PROTESTORS <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/palestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#palestine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/protest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#protest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nyc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nyc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/metgala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#metgala</a> <a href="https://t.co/XcaA8uyAar">pic.twitter.com/XcaA8uyAar</a>
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At one point, dozens of anti-Israel protesters stormed through an NYPD barricade that was set up to help keep demonstrators away from the Met Gala. NYPD officers arrested around two dozen protesters, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/may-6-anti-israel-protest-colleges-campus-police-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Protesters STORM through barricades as police struggle to contain the protest near <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a>. Hundreds marched from Hunter College for &#39;DAY OF RAGE&#39; For Rafah.
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NYPD officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-alarmed-by-death-to-america-signs-found-at-nyu-anti-israel-encampment-there-is-somebody-funding-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed alarm</a> over the anti-American literature found in protest encampments throughout the city, some of which called for violence and &#8220;Death to America.&#8221; Authorities posted pictures of leaflets found at New York University last week, including a poster with the messages: “Occupy the Occupiers,” “Disrupt/Reclaim/ Destroy,” “Long Live the Intifada,” “Death to Israeli Real Estate,” and “Death to America.” Another poster was titled: “Enough with De-Escalation Trainings; Where are the Escalation Trainings!”
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“There is some organization behind this movement,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry. “The level of organization that we’re seeing in both of these encampments here and at Columbia — leaflets on how to protest, leaflets on how to commit civil disobedience, leaflets on what to do when you get arrested, leaflets on what to say to police when they ask you — there is somebody funding this. There is somebody radicalizing our students.”

Anti-Israel Protesters Burn American Flag, Vandalize WWI Memorial

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Billionaire entrepreneur and X owner Elon Musk had a simple suggestion for anyone who would replace an American flag with the flag of another country: a one-way ticket to visit the country in question.
Musk shared a poll via X on Thursday, asking how many would support such a policy going forward.
&#8220;Proposed law: if someone tears down the American flag and puts up another flag in its place, that person should get a free (but mandatory) one-way trip to that flag’s country,&#8221; he said, adding one small caveat: &#8220;I’m not saying they can’t come back, but they have to experience that country for some period of time before returning.&#8221;
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I’m not saying they can’t come back, but they have to experience that country for some period of time before returning
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By the time the final results of the poll posted on Friday morning, the overwhelming response to his proposition was positive. After 1.5 million X users voted in Musk&#8217;s poll, nearly 1.2 million of them (79.9%) said they would support such a policy. Just under 300,000 (20.1%) said they would not support his proposal.
Musk&#8217;s poll comes as students on multiple college campuses have either attempted to or succeeded in efforts to replace American flags with Palestinian flags during widespread anti-Israel protests.
On some campuses, those efforts have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with resistance</a> from other students. At University of North Carolina&#8217;s Chapel Hill campus, a small group of fraternity boys stood between the anti-Israel protesters and their objective, holding the American flag over their heads and keeping it from touching the ground — even as protesters shouted profanities and threw things at them.
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UNC student and Pi Kappa Phi brother Guillermo Estrada explained, &#8220;My fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect.&#8221;

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Elon Musk Has A Simple Solution For People Who Replace American Flags With Another Country’s

Elon Musk Has A Simple Solution For People Who Replace American Flags With Another Country's

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Elon Musk

Politics

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) claimed during a Wednesday floor speech that he was the victim of &#8220;police brutality&#8221; when he was just 11 years old — and his claims were met with skepticism.
Bowman took to the House floor to defend the anti-Israel protesters who have swarmed college campuses like Columbia University — many of them shouting insults at Jewish students, taking control of buildings or common areas, and damaging university property — and complained that the police who forcibly removed them from their &#8220;encampments&#8221; and &#8220;occupations&#8221; were the ones in the wrong.
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REP. BOWMAN: “When I was 11, I was a victim of police brutality simply for being black in America. Now, I see that brutality being inflicted on peaceful students at Columbia.” 🤡 <a href="https://t.co/2PJgb0xxTs">pic.twitter.com/2PJgb0xxTs</a>
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&#8220;Mr. Speaker, I&#8217;ve had guns pulled on me multiple times by law enforcement simply for being a black man in America,&#8221; Bowman began. &#8220;And now I see guns being drawn on peaceful protesters at Columbia University.&#8221;
&#8220;When I was 11 years old, I was a victim of police brutality, simply for being black in America,&#8221; Bowman continued. &#8220;And now I see that brutality being inflicted on peaceful protesters at Columbia University. And for what? Simply exercising their First Amendment Rights to peacefully assemble as they protest the collective punishment and murder of civilians in Gaza.&#8221;
Bowman went on to cite casualty numbers published by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, claiming that Israel — and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — was guilty on &#8220;mass murder&#8221; and that the United States, in giving aid to Israel in its war against the terrorist group Hamas, was a party to that.
&#8220;They are supposed to push us to stand for what this flag represents,&#8221; Bowman said of the student protesters, shouting, &#8220;Are we in a police state or is this a democracy?&#8221;
Johnson dropped the gavel on Bowman as he shouted that last bit, but the New York congressman kept shouting as Johnson continued to bang the gavel, &#8220;We must stand with our young people &#8230;&#8221;
Critics were quick to dismiss Bowman&#8217;s claims, saying, &#8220;This never happened, just like that isn’t happening now. Race baiting hack.&#8221;
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This never happened, just like that isn’t happening now. Race baiting hack. <a href="https://t.co/WObFU1c308">https://t.co/WObFU1c308</a>
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&#8220;A cop must’ve scolded him for pulling the fire alarm at school,&#8221; another said, referencing Bowman&#8217;s now-infamous fire alarm scandal.
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A cop must’ve scolded him for pulling the fire alarm at school <a href="https://t.co/XYzD1oYfUZ">https://t.co/XYzD1oYfUZ</a>
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Even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/none-of-this-is-a-peaceful-protest-biden-finally-speaks-out-on-campus-unrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a>, who finally delivered remarks about the massive campus protests on Thursday, appeared to refute some of Bowman&#8217;s claims. Referencing the same protesters Bowman had claimed were &#8220;peaceful,&#8221; Biden noted that many had vandalized property, seized public spaces, and threatened Jewish students — all of which were against the law.
&#8220;None of this is a peaceful protest,&#8221; he said — and followed his remarks with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-campus-protests-will-have-zero-impact-on-israel-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmation</a> that the protests would have no impact on his administration&#8217;s policies with regard to Israel.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)

Jamaal ‘Fire Alarm’ Bowman Claims He Was A Victim Of Police Brutality At 11 Years Old

Jamaal 'Fire Alarm' Bowman Claims He Was A Victim Of Police Brutality At 11 Years Old

Jamaal Bowman

Police Brutality

A group of students at Ole&#8217; Miss belted out &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner,&#8221; drowning out the chanting and shouting of anti-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> protesters on their campus.
In a video posted to X on Tuesday, a number of students could be heard singing the national anthem at the top of their lungs while the shouts of nearby protesters — several of whom carried large Palestinian flags — were completely overpowered.
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Governor Tate Reeves (R-MS) responded to the reports of anti-Israel protests — which have spread to campuses all across the country after first garnering media attention in places like Columbia University and Yale — landing in his state.
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&#8220;I am aware of today’s scheduled protest on the campus of Ole Miss. Mississippi law enforcement is also aware. And they are prepared,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Campus police, City, County, and State assets are being deployed and coordinated. We will offer a unified response with one mission: Peaceful protests are allowed and protected — no matter how outrageous those protesters views may seem to some of us. But unlawful behavior will not be tolerated. It will be dealt with accordingly. Law and order will be maintained!&#8221;
A similar scene played out on the campus of University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where students drowned out the anti-Israel protesters with loud chants of &#8220;USA! USA! USA!&#8221;
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“USA” chants drown out Pro-Palestine chants at University of Alabama <a href="https://t.co/HU9rxl0j6t">pic.twitter.com/HU9rxl0j6t</a>
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On University of North Carolina&#8217;s Chapel Hill campus, a group of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fraternity boys</a> fought back when anti-Israel protesters attempted to replace an American flag with a Palestinian flag. They stepped in and kept the American flag from touching the ground, even as the protesters surrounded them and hurled insults, water, and other objects their way.
Pi Kappa Phi member Guillermo Estrada explained, &#8220;My fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect.&#8221;

Arkansas v Mississippi

Ole Miss Students Drown Out Anti-Israel Protesters By Belting Out ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

Ole Miss Students Drown Out Anti-Israel Protesters By Belting Out 'Star-Spangled Banner'

Mississippi

Tate Reeves

The father of a University of North Carolina (UNC) student spoke out on Wednesday after his son — assisted by other members of his fraternity — defended the American flag amid anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests across the campus.
Jeff Goldklang shared his thoughts in a post on X after photos and videos of the fraternity brothers — who sang the national anthem as protesters insulted and threw things at them — in a post to X.
&#8220;Our son&#8217;s fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center,&#8221; Goldklang observed, asking why Democrats did not seem to share the same sentiments. &#8220;Has it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.&#8221;
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That said, please don’t co-opt their actions for political reasons. They acted in spontaneous service of the American and (for several) Israeli flag. Unlike the mob they were protecting the flag from, they’re not pawns. Just boys who respect what those flags stand for.
&mdash; Jeff Goldklang (@JeffGoldklang) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffGoldklang/status/1785994279346638859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Goldklang went on to say that he did not want to see the fraternity brothers — who had simply acted in the moment out of their respect for their country and its flag — used for political reasons.
&#8220;That said, please don’t co-opt their actions for political reasons,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They acted in spontaneous service of the American and (for several) Israeli flag. Unlike the mob they were protecting the flag from, they’re not pawns. Just boys who respect what those flags stand for.&#8221;
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UNC student and Pi Kappa Phi member <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guillermo Estrada</a> shared his story in a series of posts that went viral, saying that he had felt called to action after growing up in a military community and seeing the sacrifice so many have made to protect that flag.
&#8220;My fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I grew up in a Military community and saw first hand the sacrifices they make. I will not stand for the disrespect these &#8216;protestors’ cause for the sake of another country.&#8221;

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‘Has It Become Bad Politics?’: Father Of UNC Frat Boy Asks Why Democrats Didn’t Cheer Protecting The American Flag

'Has It Become Bad Politics?': Father Of UNC Frat Boy Asks Why Democrats Didn't Cheer Protecting The American Flag

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