Patriotic Rutgers, UNC students push back against anti-America, anti-Israel agitators: 'Seeing a movement'

After a show of patriotism connected nan University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus earlier this week erstwhile students prevented an American emblem from hitting nan crushed and sang nan National Anthem, students astatine Rutgers University followed suit.

Rutgers students connected Thursday waved American flags and chanted "USA!" amid anti-Israel protests connected Voorhees Mall astatine nan New Brunswick, New Jersey, university. 

"Toward nan second half of their encampment yesterday, a fistful of what I see patriotic students went connected field and they evidently were chanting ‘USA!' They sang nan National Anthem," Rutgers student Jeremy Li, people of 2025, told Fox News Digital connected Friday. "They were astir apt opinionated up for American values, contempt each nan conflicting chaos that's been happening connected field recently."

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Li added that he thought nan counter-protesters were "great to see."

"We're seeing a activity that started astatine UNC that I deliberation hopefully will move crossed nan country," he told Fox News Digital.

"We're seeing a activity that started astatine UNC that I deliberation hopefully will move crossed nan country."

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Li noted that because of nan protests earlier this week, final exams were canceled connected Thursday.

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Rutgers University students show American flags. (Courtesy of Stephen Wallace)

A Jewish Rutgers student named Abbey told Fox News Digital that "it's not right" for nan school's ample Jewish student organization "to consciousness unsafe while trying to return their finals."

"I had a batch of friends present yesterday who were chanting ‘USA’ and ‘all for Israel,' and I deliberation that's really beautiful because that's what this state is each about," Abbey said.

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Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway called nan determination "unprecedented" successful a Thursday missive to nan community.

"Several days ago, immoderate people, including Rutgers students and individuals not from our community, group up tents connected Voorhees Mall. The University has consistently taken steps to make clear to protesting organizations, including this group, our policies reflecting our committedness to free reside and nan University's thresholds for disruptive activity," Holloway said. "Our strategy has been focused connected de-escalation and yesterday, we met pinch a group of students representing nan protestation to talk nan request to guarantee that their chap students’ exam play was not disrupted."

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Rutgers canceled last exams connected Thursday owed to disruptions from anti-Israel protesters. (© Alexander Lewis / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Overnight, however, Holloway said, "Students for Justice successful Palestine called for a important rally connected nan Voorhees Mall, coinciding pinch nan opening of nan exam period, specifically intended to disrupt finals for our students. The protests yet disrupted 28 exams and impacted much than a 1000 students.

"We worth free reside and nan correct to protest, but it should not travel astatine nan costs of our students’ acquisition and safety. We strive to equilibrium these authorities and support a safe and unafraid situation for our students to study and succeed." 

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UNC Chapel Hill students clasp up nan American emblem during a field protestation connected Tuesday. Anti-Israel agitators replaced nan American emblem pinch nan Palestinian 1 during nan demonstration. (Parker Ali/The Daily Tar Heel)

On Tuesday, a photograph of Chapel Hill students holding up an American emblem amid field protests went viral.

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Protesters connected nan North Carolina quad connected Tuesday removed and replaced nan American emblem pinch a Palestinian flag. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts stepped successful pinch rule enforcement to return Old Glory to its original place. 

When protesters attempted to return it down a 2nd time, a group of students and fraternity members stepped successful to support it from rubbing nan ground. Since then, a 3rd statement created a GoFundMe for nan Chapel Hill students that raised much than $500,000 earlier nan fundraiser was closed.

UNC has since erected a obstruction astir nan field emblem pole.

Noting nan unit that has occurred connected different campuses astir nan country, Li said he hopes what happened astatine UNC and now Rutgers will resound nationwide. 

"Hopefully we're going to spot much and much students guidelines up to this delirium that pro-Hamas students are putting up… We saw them astatine Columbia inhabit buildings, destruct buildings, vandalize," Li said.