{"id":2234703,"date":"2024-05-01T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-chapel-hill-students-praised-for-saving-american-flag-from-anti-israel-protesters-this-is-america\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:28:06","slug":"unc-chapel-hill-students-praised-for-saving-american-flag-from-anti-israel-protesters-this-is-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-chapel-hill-students-praised-for-saving-american-flag-from-anti-israel-protesters-this-is-america\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC-Chapel Hill Students Lauded for Rescuing American Flag Amid Anti-Israel Demonstrations: Embodying American Values"},"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\">28<\/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%2Func-chapel-hill-students-praised-for-saving-american-flag-from-anti-israel-protesters-this-is-america%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=2234703&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>Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were commended for \u2063safeguarding an\u200b American flag \u2062from\u2063 anti-Israel protesters aiming to dismantle\u2063 it. In an \u200ciconic photo shared widely online, students defended the flag, facing hostility and threats. Fraternity brothers \u200band others valiantly protected \u2063the flag, enduring\u2063 verbal abuse and physical assaults to preserve it. Students at the University of North\u200d Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2064 received praise for protecting an American\u200c flag from anti-Israel protesters. In a widely \u200cshared photo, \u200dstudents defended\u2063 the \u200cflag\u2064 despite facing hostility. Fraternity brothers and others courageously shielded the flag, enduring verbal abuse and physical threats \u2064to ensure \u2064its preservation.  <\/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>Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were praised this week for rushing in to save an American flag from being destroyed by anti-Israel protesters on campus who were seeking to tear it down.<\/p>\n<p>In what became an instantly iconic photo that was viewed across social media tens of millions of times, a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-anniversary-lincoln-project-founder-rick-wilson-celebrates-7-years-since-390k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Happy Anniversary! Lincoln Project Founder Rick Wilson Celebrates 7 Years Since 0K Tax Lien\">young men<\/a> could be seen holding the large flag, preventing it from touching the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Student Guillermo Estrada wrote that he was walking to class when he noticed a Palestinian flag had been \u201craised on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-group-of-students-defends-american-flag-from-furious-mob-i-love-my-country\/\" title=\"Group of Students Protect American Flag Amidst Angry Mob: Expressing Patriotism\">quad flag pole<\/a>,\u201d causing him to become \u201cimmediately upset.\u201d He said school officials and police officers \u201cwere met with profanity, middle fingers\u201d and \u201cthrown bottles\u201d when they arrived to re-hoist the American flag. But the protesters persisted, he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the best photos of 2024 so far:<\/p>\n<p>Fraternity brothers are pelted by anti-Israel protesters at UNC Chapel Hill while protecting the United States flag as it is re-hoisted following its removal by protesters. <\/p>\n<p>Well done, gentleman. \ud83e\udee1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0DiBQcVLBu\">pic.twitter.com\/0DiBQcVLBu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Meyer (@mualphaxi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mualphaxi\/status\/1785481782525153345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Estrada said his Pi Kappa Phi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-he-raped-her-he-said-he-didnt-without-any-additional-evidence-the-school-chose-to-believe-her\/\" title=\"She Claimed He Raped Her. He Said He Didn\u2019t. Without Any Additional Evidence, The School Chose To Believe Her.\">fraternity brothers<\/a> and others protected the American flag when protesters tried to remove it again and were \u201cpreparing to destroy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brendan Rosenblum, a junior and Jewish student at UNC-Chapel Hill, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protests-largely-peaceful-in-minneapolis-after-secondary-fence-erects-outside-brooklyn-center-police-department\/\" title=\"Protests Largely Peaceful In Minneapolis After Secondary Fence Erects Outside Brooklyn Center Police Department\">water bottles thrown<\/a> at him as he stood in the middle of the quad by with an Israeli flag while protesters tried to replace an American flag with a Palestinian one. Classes today have just been cancelled. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hUkPTXtLxj\">pic.twitter.com\/hUkPTXtLxj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanRAnderson\/status\/1785393189274439704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I salute these proud American MEN on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNC<\/a>\u2019s campus! The reality is, our campuses are full of them. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLRlOGL52O\">pic.twitter.com\/gLRlOGL52O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sloan Rachmuth (@SloanRachmuth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SloanRachmuth\/status\/1785450674542526827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Numerous notable public figures weighed in on the photo, praising the young men for standing up for their country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is America. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8,\u201d said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). \u201cNot the hatred &#038; bigotry right now on college campuses. This \ud83d\udc47\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is America. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>Not the hatred &#038; bigotry right now on college campuses. This \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vzHdrQWEgl\">https:\/\/t.co\/vzHdrQWEgl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1785668321892811079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. posted on X: \u201cI stand with the college students who proudly put the American flag back up, not the radicals who tore it down!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><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=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I stand with the college students who proudly put the American flag back up, not the radicals who tore it down! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6K6pGf5xqF\">pic.twitter.com\/6K6pGf5xqF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1785671082143265010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo proud of Guillermo and all those at UNC who bravely protected our American flag today,\u201d said Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC). \u201cThis is what being a proud American looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) posted: \u201cGod bless America.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC-Chapel Hill students earned praise for swiftly protecting an American flag from destruction by anti-Israel demonstrators on campus. 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