Palestinian flag is raised over Harvard statue taking the place of the Stars ... trends now
A Palestinian flag was raised over a statue at Harvard University as anti-Isreal protest continue to rock college campuses and took the place of the American flag that typically flies above the founder's memorial.
Video from Saturday night showed a group of pro-Palestine protestors, dressed in keffiyehs, raised a large Palestinian flag above the iconic statue of John Harvard.
The Harvard Crimson reported student protestors hung the flag and two others around 6.30pm at the Ivy League campus.
By 6.34pm, Harvard University Police officers called the school's Yard Operations to remove the flag that flew above the statue.
In recent days, protests have erupted across campuses nationwide in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, and the ongoing retaliatory attacks on Gaza that followed.
The statue of John Harvard typically sits under an American Flag (before). On Saturday night, a group of pro-Palestine protestors, dressed in keffiyeh's, raise a large flag Palestinian flag above the founder's memorial (after)
In other images, the Palestinian flag was seen draped on the John Harvard's lap, along with a keffiyeh around his neck
Student protestors hung the large flag and two others around 6.30pm on the Ivy League campus
School administrators have called in police forces to remove encampments and protestors at schools like Harvard, Columbia, Emory, NYU, USC, the University of Texas, UC Berkley and Brown.
In other images, the Palestinian flag was seen draped on John Harvard's lap, along with a keffiyeh around his neck.
As staff members took the flags down, protestors were heard yelling 'Shame!' at them, along with other chants like 'Free, free, Palestine' and 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!'
Harvard spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain said that the protestor's actions was 'a violation of University policy and the individuals involved will be subject to disciplinary action.'
Once the flags were removed, demonstrators gathered inside and outside the encampment, and made it clear that they were willing to have their school IDs collected by administrators.
'Harvard, Harvard take my ID. You can't really scare me,' the protestors chanted.
They then held a vigil around the statue for a Palestinian that was killed in the war, The Harvard Crimson reported.
Following the vigil, a large group of administrators, including the Dean of Students, Thomas Dunne, stormed the encampment with ID scanners.
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