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Flag of evil at NYU shows what the haters really think

Nypost · · 334 words · By Post Editorial Board
Antisemitism vs. Antizionism Public Safety and Bigotry Campus Activism
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The latest demonstration came Wednesday at New York University during a huge graduation block party on the streets around Washington Square Park.”
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Multiple web search results from The Independent and Google News confirm a swastika flag was raised at NYU on a Wednesday during graduation week overlooking Washington Square Park.
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web search NEUTRAL — A flag featuring the New York University logo, the Star of David and two swastikas temporarily flew above a campus building on Wednesday, prompting shock and condemnation from New York leaders.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/new-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Swastika flag raised at NYU, stunning many during graduation week.I am outraged that a swastika flag was raised overlooking Washington Square Park. This hateful antisemitic act was meant to spread fea…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — NYU graduation 2023, NYU Steinhart commencement, universities in New York, United States graduation, Aviation studies graduation, graduation university vibes, NYU fall.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/new-york-university-hand-sig…
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“Some demented “activist” chose that moment of celebration to hoist a noxious banner resembling the Israeli flag but doctored with Nazi swastikas and the NYU logo.”
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The Independent and Google News both report a flag featuring the NYU logo, the Star of David, and swastikas was raised, which matches the description of a doctored Israeli flag with the NYU logo.
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“And raised it atop the Steinhardt building, named for a prominent university donor also well-known for his interest in Jewish causes and his support for Israel.”
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While the event is corroborated, the specific detail about the Steinhardt building and the donor's interests is not explicitly detailed in the provided search snippets (which mostly mention 'a campus building'). The provided evidence for this claim was irrelevant (Banner Health).
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“this latest insult... came just days after a “protest” outside a Brooklyn synagogue morphed into a parade of hatred through a predominantly Jewish residential neighborhood.”
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Multiple sources (JNS, NY1, and another news snippet) confirm an anti-Israel protest occurred outside a Brooklyn synagogue (Young Israel of Midwood) in a Jewish neighborhood.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn protest came less than a week after a similar demonstration outside Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, where protesters also targeted an Israeli real estate event. That protest included a …
https://worldisraelnews.com/anti-israel-protesters-rally-out…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anti-Israel demonstrators were arrested on Monday night during a protest outside a Brooklyn synagogue hosting an Israeli real estate event, according to the New York City Police Department. The demons…
https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/anti-israel-protest-outsid…
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web search NEUTRAL — Counter-protesters said the demonstration unfairly targeted a Jewish neighborhood. NY1 quoted counter-protester Kasondra Watkins as saying, “There’s a synagogue here. This is clearly a Jewish neighbor…
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/426934
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“A screaming mob with rags wrapped around their faces waved the flag of Hezbollah and shouted disgusting slogans demanding that “Zionists” vacate Brooklyn.”
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Multiple sources confirm the presence of Hezbollah flags during the Brooklyn synagogue protests. One source specifically mentions a 'violent anti-Israel mob' and 'Hezbollah Flags'.
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“But they were besieging a Jewish synagogue and a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, and calling local Jews “babykillers.””
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Sources confirm the protest targeted a synagogue and a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, with reports of 'antisemitic slurs' and 'harassing Orthodox Jews'.
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web search NEUTRAL — HAPPENING NOW IN BROOKLYN: Insane footage of pro-Hamas rioters marching through an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood toward a synagogue while assaulting Jewish kids.
https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/brooklyn-pro-hamas-protest
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web search NEUTRAL — Youths on scooters berated the extremist, anti-Zionist Naturei Karta sect in Yiddish, while others shouted at them, “You’re not even Jewish.” Naturei Karta members appear at the front lines of nearly …
https://qoshe.com/the-times-of-israel/luke-tress/anti-zionis…
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web search NEUTRAL — A violent anti-Israel mob hurled antisemitic slurs and waved Palestinian flags outside a Brooklyn synagogue last night. Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with the NYPD, and an Israeli flag was burned…
https://www.independentsentinel.com/nycs-disgrace-hezbollah-…
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