Protesters at an anti-Israel encampment in Harvard Yard removed an American flag from University Hall and replaced it with a Palestinian flag on Saturday. University staff intervened to remove the flag. The incident was captured in a video that circulated on social media. The Harvard Crimson reported that a group of three protesters hoisted the flags over the John Harvard statue in the Yard. As the staff removed the flags, protesters chanted slogans in support of Palestine. The chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” has been criticized as antisemitic for implying the destruction of Israel. In a twist, pro-Israel professor Alan Dershowitz once advocated for Palestinian students to have the right to fly the Palestinian flag on campus with permission. This incident is part of a larger trend of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses using anti-American imagery.
