Harvard protesters chanted ‘Shame!’ when university staff removed the flags
Anti-Israel protesters at Harvard University raised Palestinian flags on campus Saturday in a spot typically reserved for the American flag.
Harvard protesters hoisted three Palestinian flags over the Harvard Yard encampment, where students have been sleeping in tents since Wednesday. The flags were raised on poles attached to University Hall–where Harvard usually flies the American flag or flags of the countries of visiting foreign dignitaries.
Approximately one hour after three keffiyeh-clad individuals raised the flags, the Ivy League university’s staff removed them despite jeering from protesters who were chanting “Shame!” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” According to Harvard University spokesman Jonathan L. Swain, raising flags is “a violation of University policy and the individuals involved will be subjected to disciplinary action.”
The American flag was not flying on Saturday because university procedures dictate that “the American flag is raised in front of University Hall each Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. and lowered at 4 p.m., for proper storage.”
The move came just an hour after the school’s Dean of Students, Tom Dunne, sent out an email…
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