{"id":2283814,"date":"2024-06-26T10:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-u-s-treasury-department-fly-the-palestinian-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:08:28","slug":"fact-check-did-the-u-s-treasury-department-fly-the-palestinian-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-u-s-treasury-department-fly-the-palestinian-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The U.S. Treasury Department Fly The Palestinian Flag?"},"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%2Ffact-check-did-the-u-s-treasury-department-fly-the-palestinian-flag%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=2283814&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>A \u2063post\u200d by former House \u200bSpeaker Newt \u200cGingrich claimed that the U.S. Department. of Treasury raised the Palestinian flag. However, this claim is false; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-writer-disturbed-by-u-s-flag-at-olympics-i-keep-thinking-back-on-the-capitol-riots\/\" title=\"ESPN Writer Disturbed By U.S. Flag At Olympics: \u2018I Keep Thinking Back On The Capitol Riots\u2019\">flag raised<\/a> was actually the \u200bPride flag, not the Palestinian flag. Gingrich\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-demands-answers-from-judge-in-e-jean-carroll-case-after-troubling-conflict-of-interest-allegation\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyer seeks clarification from judge in E. Jean Carroll case over alleged conflict of interest\">allegation appeared<\/a> after an Israeli airstrike in \u200dGaza,\u2063 which killed several family members of a Hamas chief. The post on social media by Gingrich was incorrect, and the flag in question was indeed the Pride flag.  <\/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<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A post from Former<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8TOSItNhIb\/\">House Speaker Newt Gingrich<\/a><span> <\/span>claims that the Palestinian flag was raised by the U.S. Department of Treasury.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8TOSItNhIb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was not the Palestinian flag, the Pride flag was raised.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza killed several family members of a Hamas chief, after others were killed in an April strike,<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/6\/25\/israeli-air-strike-kills-10-family-members-of-hamas-chief-haniyeh-in-gaza\">Al Jazeera<\/a><span> <\/span>reported. The Israeli Defense Force claimed that they targeted buildings that housed fighters involved in the attack on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, alleging that the Treasury Department was flying the Palestinian flag.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">post reads<\/a>, \u201cWhoever is flying the Palestinian flag over the US Treasury building should be fired summarily. I just saw the picture of the Palestinian flag flying over the US Treasury building next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">white house<\/a> and I could not believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. There is no<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=palestinian+flag+raised+by+us+treasury&#038;rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS957US957&#038;oq=palestinian+flag+raised+by+us+tre&#038;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBECEYoAEyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigAdIBCDQyMDhqMGo3qAIAsAIA&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\">credible news report<\/a><span> <\/span>that suggests this Palestinian flag was raised by the department. Getty Images shows that it is not the Palestinian flag, but the<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/workers-erect-a-rainbow-flag-prior-to-pride-month-at-the-us-news-photo\/2154883713?adppopup=true\">Pride flag<\/a>. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich claimed that the flag was raised on X, but he later<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/w6SLY\">deleted the post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelJGwin\/status\/1802509449837298136\">Mike Gwin<\/a>, Public Affairs rep for U.S. Department of the Treasury, responded to Gingrich\u2019s post saying, \u201cSir, that\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride flag<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sir, that\u2019s a pride flag. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4sMvpwHFz\">https:\/\/t.co\/a4sMvpwHFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Gwin (@MichaelJGwin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelJGwin\/status\/1802509449837298136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden signed an aid package that would provide $17 billion for Israel in April, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/24\/biden-signs-law-securing-billions-in-us-aid-for-ukraine-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a>. Biden called the support a protection against<span> <\/span>Iranian attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/19\/fact-check-pro-jewish-2020-article-israel-hamas-war\/\"><strong>(RELATED: X Image Of Woman Holding Pro-Jewish Sign Is From 2020 Article, Not Linked To Israel-Hamas War)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation has been shared online. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/17\/fact-check-economist-cover-crosshair-zelenskyy\/\">debunked<\/a> a claim The Economist published a cover featuring a crosshair on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich incorrectly claimed that the U.S. Department of Treasury raised the Palestinian flag. In reality, it was the Pride flag that was hoisted. Additionally, an Israeli airstrike recently targeted a Gaza refugee camp, resulting in the deaths of several family members of a Hamas leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2283815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-2011422329-scaled-e1708460607209.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,32816,32815],"class_list":["post-2283814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-palestinian-flag","tag-u-s-treasury-department"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-2011422329-scaled-e1708460607209.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}