{"id":2233154,"date":"2024-04-29T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counter-protesters-show-up-at-ucla-encampment-with-bananas-the-reason-why-is-hilarious\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T20:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:57:53","slug":"counter-protesters-show-up-at-ucla-encampment-with-bananas-the-reason-why-is-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counter-protesters-show-up-at-ucla-encampment-with-bananas-the-reason-why-is-hilarious\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-protesters bring bananas to UCLA encampment &#8211; the reason is hilarious!"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcounter-protesters-show-up-at-ucla-encampment-with-bananas-the-reason-why-is-hilarious%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=2233154&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>Pro-Palestinian protesters at\u200b UCLA face a banana-related debacle when pro-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-rally-in-minn-to-stop-the-steal\/\" title=\"Trump supporters rally in Minn. to \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019\">counter-protesters<\/a> resort to waving and eating bananas\u2064 in a humorous twist. The \u200cincident, involving a protester \u200dwith a severe \u200cbanana allergy, sparks controversy amid\u200b clashes between Israeli and Palestinian supporters on campus, highlighting\u200b the \u200bcomplexities of the ongoing debate. The clash between Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli groups at UCLA took\u200b a bizarre turn when Pro-Israeli counter-protesters used bananas as a humorous tactic. The presence of a protester with a severe banana allergy added controversy to the situation, emphasizing the complexities of the conflict between the two factions on campus.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Counter-Protesters Show Up at UCLA Encampment with Bananas &#8211; The Reason Why Is Hilarious<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/%20\"><span>Anthony Altomari<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 3:13pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Pro-Palestinian protesters have turned their attention toward a new enemy: bananas.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, pro-Israel protesters switched up their tactics in combating pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA by eating and waving bananas during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize\">counter-protest<\/a> on Friday, according to UCLA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2024\/04\/27\/encampment-continues-to-rely-on-food-donations-on-campus-restroom-access-on-day-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Bruin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Bruin reported that hundreds of pro-Palestine students formed an encampment at UCLA\u2019s Dickinson Plaza on Thursday \u201cto call for the UC to divest from companies associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-tells-netanyahu-israeli-military-will-never-defeat-hamas-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli military<\/a> and cut ties with LAPD in addition to a ceasefire in Israel\u2019s destruction of the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because many students are not leaving the encampment as part of the protests, the Daily Bruin said that the encampment has enlisted the help of students, faculty, alumni and outside organizations to provide food for the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, word got out that one of the protesters in the encampment had a \u201csevere banana allergy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon obtaining this information, Pro-Israel counter-protesters were seen waving bananas in the air near the encampment on Friday. One student was filmed eating a banana while draped in an Israeli flag.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There was a protestor in the liberated zone at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCLA?\">@UCLA<\/a> with a potentially fatal banana allergy. Counterprotestors invaded the encampment and saw all the no bananas warnings. The next day they came back waving bananas like settlers waving machine guns &#038; smeared bananas everywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sPlTVnwHsu\">pic.twitter.com\/sPlTVnwHsu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Linda Mamoun (@mamoun_linda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mamoun_linda\/status\/1784682056607469906?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere was a protestor in the liberated zone at @UCLA with a potentially fatal banana allergy. Counterprotestors invaded the encampment and saw all the no bananas warnings. The next day they came back waving bananas like settlers waving machine guns &#038; smeared bananas everywhere,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-finlands-supreme-court-rule-that-sex-with-children-is-permitted\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Finland\u2019s Supreme Court Rule That Sex With Children Is \u2018Permitted\u2019?\">post caption read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should the counter-protesters have brought bananas?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAgitators were threatening to sexually assault a student with a banana after hearing that there\u2019s a deadly banana allergy in the encampment,\u201d Vincent Doehr, a third-year political science doctoral student, told the Daily Bruin. \u201cThe Zionists were told of this by the security and then waved bananas at us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the pro-Israel protesters were actually seeking out the protester with the banana allergy or were merely trying to be comical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pro-israel-counter-protests-growing-1895154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> reported, this incident was just one of several that occurred between Israeli and Palestinian supporters over the weekend on UCLA\u2019s campus, as part of a nationwide increase of pro-Israel counter-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-uk-police-threaten-arrest-openly-jewish-man-walking-near-palestine-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>While the actions of the pro-Israel, banana wielding protesters may not have been proper, this just goes to show how pro-Palestinian protesters look for excuses to become the victim.<\/p>\n<p>To say that waving bananas is the equivalent of waving machine guns is a hyperbolic jump that does nothing to help people take the pro-Palestinian cause seriously.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, when pro-Palestine protesters are arguing that it is OK for them to call for the death of Jews and the destruction of the Jewish state, but are calling pro-Israel supporters evil for waving a few bananas, it makes them look weak.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to dish out highly inflammatory rhetoric and expressive conduct, you have to be willing to take it. You can\u2019t cry foul when someone plays the game by your rules.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s almost impossible to have a reasonable discussion with people who try to play victim at every moment.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-uk-police-threaten-arrest-openly-jewish-man-walking-near-palestine-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian<\/a> protesters have already brought ire to their cause, chanting and protesting about issues they don\u2019t fully understand. Now, instead of going to their college classes, they\u2019ve decided it would be more prudent to create an encampment on their school campus and essentially yell until they get what they want.<\/p>\n<p>How they believe this will translate into support for their cause is difficult to wrap your head around.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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