Rutgers University students in New Jersey react to a show of patriotism on the school's campus Thursday, when exams were canceled due to anti-Israel protest disruptions.
After a show of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus earlier this week when students prevented an American flag from hitting the ground and sang the National Anthem, students at Rutgers University followed suit. Rutgers students on Thursday waved American flags and chanted 'USA!' amid anti-Israel protests on Voorhees Mall at the New Brunswick, New Jersey, university.
Jewish Rutgers student named Abbey told Fox News Digital that 'it's not right' for the school's large Jewish student community 'to feel unsafe while trying to take their finals.' 'I had a lot of friends here yesterday who were chanting ‘USA’ and ‘all for Israel,' and I think that's really beautiful because that's what this country is all about,' Abbey said.
Protesters on the North Carolina quad on Tuesday removed and replaced the American flag with a Palestinian flag. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts stepped in with law enforcement to return Old Glory to its original place. When protesters attempted to take it down a second time, a group of students and fraternity members stepped in to keep it from touching the ground.
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