{"id":2231075,"date":"2024-04-26T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-shows-anti-israel-columbia-protester-stomping-on-american-flags-taken-from-yaf-display\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:08:29","slug":"video-shows-anti-israel-columbia-protester-stomping-on-american-flags-taken-from-yaf-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-shows-anti-israel-columbia-protester-stomping-on-american-flags-taken-from-yaf-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Video captures protester at Columbia University stomping on American flags from YAF exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-shows-anti-israel-columbia-protester-stomping-on-american-flags-taken-from-yaf-display%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2064video captured at Columbia University shows an anti-Israel demonstrator stomping\u2063 on American \u2062flags taken \u2062from\u2064 a YAF display.\u200b Anti-Israel\u200b protests on campus have caused disruptions for over a week. The university has refrained from involving the NYPD \u2062to \u200bremove the protesters \u2064despite concerns from Jewish students and \u200bfaculty. The incident \u200bwas \u2063confrontational and symbolic of the ongoing tensions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A video captured by the New Guard, the online publication of the Young America\u2019s Foundation (YAF), showed an anti-Israel demonstrator at Columbia University stomping on multiple American flags after the flags were taken from a YAF display set up on the New York college campus.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel protesters have occupied part of Columbia\u2019s campus for over a week now, disrupting in-person learning and alarming Jewish students and faculty, as the university has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-caves-will-not-use-police-to-clear-out-anti-israel-encampment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed down<\/a> on threats to call in the NYPD to remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-activists-at-catholic-university-protest-mlks-pro-life-trump-supporting-niece\/\" title=\"Student Activists At Catholic University Protest MLK\u2019s Pro-Life, Trump-Supporting Niece\">student activists<\/a>. The video captured by the <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/pro-hamas-radical-stomps-on-american-flags-at-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Guard<\/a> and posted to social media on Friday begins by showing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-34\/\" title=\"This Week in Campus Insanity Vol. 34\">conservative student<\/a> confronting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/change-my-mind-steven-crowder-challenges-leftists-on-biological-males-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"\u2018Change My Mind\u2019: Steven Crowder Challenges Leftists On Biological Males In Women\u2019s Sports\">masked protester<\/a> as he was walking away with the small American flags in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you mind getting out of my way, bud?\u201d the anti-Israel demonstrator asked the conservative student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you mind giving us those flags back?\u201d the student shot back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you wanna f*** off with that?\u201d the protester added as he continued to walk toward the encampment set up by anti-Israel protesters on Columbia\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>After reaching the student encampment, the protester threw the American flags on the ground near a tent and stomped on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWay to show America what you think about the American flag,\u201d the conservative student said as he continued to film. \u201cThat\u2019s a bad look for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Student confronts anti-Israel protester at Columbia University as he steals and steps on American flags <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y4WL53NMrA\">pic.twitter.com\/Y4WL53NMrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YAF (@yaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaf\/status\/1783904413859418507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was unclear if the flag-stomping protester was a Columbia student or someone who had joined the leftist student demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714148549579000&#038;usg=AOvVaw057RcQatfHxkfOmabs1tZN\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The anti-Israel student activists at Columbia are led by Khymani James, who stated on a live-stream earlier this year that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. James also warned Zionists who may want to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d and that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d The anti-Israel activist then released a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-student-claims-he-misspoke-after-repeatedly-calling-for-zionists-to-die-in-hour-long-livestream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> he \u201cmisspoke\u201d when he repeatedly said Zionists deserve to die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am frustrated that the words I said in an Instagram Live video have become a distraction from the movement for Palestinian liberation,\u201d Khymani James said in a statement posted to X. \u201cI misspoke in the heat of the movement, for which I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video by the New Guard, YAF&#8217;s online publication, reveals an anti-Israel activist at Columbia University stomping on American flags. The flags were taken from a YAF display on the campus. 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