Universities hanging Palestinian flag is ‘despicable’, says New York mayor

Eric Adams, the New York mayor, has said universities that allow Palestinian flags to be hung on campus are “despicable”. At a press conference, in the wake of 300 arrests at Columbia University on Tuesday night, Mr Adams showed a video of officers dispersing the demonstrators, which ended with an American flag being restored. “That’s our flag, folks. Don’t take over our buildings and put another flag up,” he said. “It’s despicable that schools will allow another country’s flag to fly in our county so blame me for being proud to be an American… We’re not surrendering our way of life to anyone.” Mr Adams said officers were still “processing” those detained to determine which were students and which were outside agitators. He described how some had thrown bottles and garbage cans at officers, who showed great “discipline” in not bringing the situation to a “peaceful conclusion”. Read more here: