{"id":2239002,"date":"2024-05-07T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:24:05","slug":"anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel demonstrators set fire to the US flag and damaged a World War I memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fanti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial%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=2239002&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>On Monday in Central Park, anti-Israel protesters\u200b vandalized a World War I \u2063Memorial and burned an \u2062American flag after being blocked by police from reaching the \u2062Met Gala. NYPD arrested around\u200d two \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-georgia-voting-law-fizzles-dozens-protest-masters-golf-tournament-in-augusta\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Georgia Voting Law Fizzles, \u2018Dozens\u2019 Protest Masters Golf Tournament In Augusta\">dozen demonstrators<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-responding-to-pro-palestinian-march-surrounded-prevented-from-leaving\/\" title=\"Police at Pro-Palestinian March Trapped, Unable to Depart\">breached barricades<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vaccine-mandate-protests-go-global\/\" title=\"Vaccine mandate protests go global\">protest coincided<\/a> with the Met\u2062 Gala \u2064and &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221;\u200d events in NYC. On Monday\u2063 in Central Park, anti-Israel protesters \u200bvandalized \u2064a World\u2062 War I Memorial and burned an American flag after being blocked by police from reaching \u200dthe Met Gala. NYPD arrested\u200c around \u200btwo dozen demonstrators who breached barricades. The protest coincided with the Met Gala and &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; events in\u2064 NYC.  <\/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 group of anti-Israel protesters defaced a World War I Memorial and lit an American flag on fire in Central Park on Monday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-student-shot-and-killed-before-entering-wisconsin-school-police\/\" title=\"Student with weapon fatally shot by police outside Wisconsin school\">police prevented<\/a> around 1,000 of the demonstrators from reaching the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/06\/us-news\/over-1000-pro-palestinian-protesters-march-toward-met-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident showed anti-Israel protesters vandalizing the memorial with graffiti that read \u201cGaza\u201d and \u201cPalestine will be free\u201d as an American flag burned at its base. Some demonstrators plastered the American soldiers featured on the memorial with stickers that read \u201cStop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine,\u201d according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Another demonstrator climbed on top of the memorial, holding a Palestinian flag. No police were seen in the video as the protesters desecrated the American military monument. A monument of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was also vandalized in Central Park Monday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOW?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NOW<\/a> 107th infantry War Soldier Memorial draped in Palestinian flag while American flag burns on the ground on 5th Ave in NYC during &#8216;DAY OF RAGE&#8217; protest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GAOyQoD130\">pic.twitter.com\/GAOyQoD130<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1787637260491407611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The anti-Israel protests in New York City were part of an organized \u201cDay of Rage\u201d demonstration that took place near the Met Gala, where celebrities gathered for the annual Costume Institute Benefit. The anti-Israel organizers\u2019 \u201cDay of Rage\u201d also fell on \u201cHolocaust Remembrance Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PARK AVENUE SHUT DOWN BY PROTESTORS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/palestine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#palestine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/protest?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ues?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ues<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nyc?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nyc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/metgala?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#metgala<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcaA8uyAar\">pic.twitter.com\/XcaA8uyAar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steven Thomas (@stevendotthomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevendotthomas\/status\/1787615840499642806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At one point, dozens of anti-Israel protesters stormed through an NYPD barricade that was set up to help keep demonstrators away from the Met Gala. NYPD officers arrested around two dozen protesters, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/may-6-anti-israel-protest-colleges-campus-police-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> Protesters STORM through barricades as police struggle to contain the protest near <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MetGala?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MetGala<\/a>.<br \/>Hundreds marched from Hunter College for &#8216;DAY OF RAGE&#8217; For Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>Video by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yyeeaahhhboiii2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yyeeaahhhboiii2<\/a> Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/src4faDl0a\">pic.twitter.com\/src4faDl0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1787629430560489772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> MASS ARRESTS outside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MetGala?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MetGala<\/a> during Pro-palestine protest &#8216;DAY OF RAGE&#8217; as they marched from Hunter College for Rafah<\/p>\n<p>Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/neJQcf8TnY\">pic.twitter.com\/neJQcf8TnY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1787621780170920354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NYPD officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-alarmed-by-death-to-america-signs-found-at-nyu-anti-israel-encampment-there-is-somebody-funding-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed alarm<\/a> over the anti-American literature found in protest encampments throughout the city, some of which called for violence and \u201cDeath to America.\u201d Authorities posted pictures of leaflets found at New York University last week, including a poster with the messages: \u201cOccupy the Occupiers,\u201d \u201cDisrupt\/Reclaim\/ Destroy,\u201d \u201cLong Live the Intifada,\u201d \u201cDeath to Israeli Real Estate,\u201d and \u201cDeath to America.\u201d Another poster was titled: \u201cEnough with De-Escalation Trainings; Where are the Escalation Trainings!\u201d<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is some organization behind this movement,\u201d said NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry. \u201cThe level of organization that we\u2019re seeing in both of these encampments here and at Columbia \u2014 leaflets on how to protest, leaflets on how to commit civil disobedience, leaflets on what to do when you get arrested, leaflets on what to say to police when they ask you \u2014 there is somebody funding this. There is somebody radicalizing our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel protestors vandalized a WWI Memorial and burned an American flag in Central Park. The New York Post reported that the demonstrators, stopped by police on the way to the Met Gala, resorted to these actions. 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