I agree. It represents their heritage, traditions and culture.
Posted on 11/14/2023 7:58:21 AM PST by Paul46360
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. (WHDH) - Dozens of people crowded into North Andover High School on Monday to voice their opinions during a lively Select Board meeting where a proposal to fly the Palestinian flag above Town Common was ultimately approved.
The request to fly the flag on the Town Common flag pole was approved after about an hour of public comment, during which those gathered spoke both in favor of and against flying the flag amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“It’s a big deal for us to see the Palestinian flag that many of us think represents the attempted genocide of the Jewish people,” said Rabbi Iden Irelander. “It basically represents Hamas, since they are the elected ruling party in Gaza.”
One supporter said, “It’s a flag that represents its people, it’s a flag that represents a nation, the heritage of the people, their traditions, their culture and it doesn’t represent a terrorist group.”
This application came after an Israeli flag had flown on the Common for about a month following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
The flag will now be flown on the Common from Tuesday morning to Dec. 7.
North Bendover.......................
North Handover...........
And me, without a flamethrower, sigh
Why don’t these Massholes just move to GAZA where they would be more comfortable?
Morons to the nth degree.....
Terrorism IS their heritage, tradition, and culture.
Flying the flag of Israel opened this door. Just one flag should fly and that’s it. Oh well more virtue or in this case evil signalling.
North F-—over...................
Burn it down.
I agree. It represents their heritage, traditions and culture.
Total f’n bullshit. Hope some irritated Andoverians pull it down and desecrate it.
Same as those Pali scum did to our flag in NYC with the useless NYPD watching.
Its Assachusetts. What more can be said? 🙄
Yeah that one too.
Hmmm I wonder how many of those are now dead?
A small city (2,100) were mostly Polish fleeing the war. Many of the elders never spoke English, or very little. There is now a Polish festival every year. One year someone wanted to hoist the Polish flag. A staunch American went to the meeting and declared that if any other flag was flown on that pole, she would put a Nazi flag in her historic home front yard right on main st. The American flag stayed.
Not all Palestinians are Hamas, but MOST of Hamas are Palestinian.
Indeed! Thuggery and buggery..
Somehow the city of Arkham in H.P. Lovecraft stories comes to mind...Or would it be Innsmouth where the people slowly change into frogs...
Andover, MA is an enclave of well-to-do snotty, Liberal arseholes just North of Boston. Spent some time there. This story surprises me not one whit.
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