Noble High School in Berwick took down an Israeli flag found flying above an American flag on school property on Monday after an image of it began circulating on social media.
Principal AJ Dufort explained that the flag was not placed by the school and that they believe it was flown by vandals.
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“This morning, we became aware that an Israeli flag had been raised on a flagpole near our athletic fields without authorization. The flag was not placed by the school, was not part of any school-sponsored activity, and should not be interpreted as a message or position of the school,” said the principal in a statement posted to the school’s website.
The incident hit social media when one user, Jacob Tibbetts, posted a picture of what appeared to be the Israeli flag flying on a pole above the American flag.
Tibbetts appears to have deleted the post, but the incident was confirmed by the school, who also admitted that photos related to the incident have circulated online, suggesting that the photo was real.
The photo of a foreign flag flying over an American one on U.S. soil drew outrage on social media, with users pointing out that U.S. law actually prohibits the display of other flags above that of the U.S.
“No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof,” says U.S. law
Principal Dufort said that the school currently believes that the flag was flown as a prank or an act of vandalism and that it was first flown either sometime over the weekend or early Monday morning before school.
The flagpole is not in clear view of the school building, Dufort said, and staff were not immediately aware of the situation.
As soon as they learned of it, the flag was taken down.
He was careful to point out that neither the flying of the flag nor its removal should be interpreted as political statements.
“The removal of the unauthorized flag should not be interpreted as a statement regarding Israel, any other nation, or any political, religious, or geopolitical issue,” he said.
He claimed that some of the information about the incident circulating online is incomplete or inaccurate.
Currently, the school is reviewing the matter to determine exactly what occurred.
The Maine Wire reached out to the school by email, asking whether any progress has been made on determining who flew the flag or whether officials believe the flag was flown by a school student or staff member, but they did not immediately respond.
That flagpole was promised to them 3000 years ago!
Absolutely disgusting. The fact that people on Social media were trying to deminish the severity of this incident with the argument “that they would rather the flag of Israel than of ‘certain other countries'” speaks to one of the fundamental problems with the Republican movement.
The absolutely disgusting blind allegiance to other countries I have seen in small towns in Maine makes me despair of any hope for the state. The only countries we should be trying to appease are our neighbors, Canada (sorry excuse me the 51st state) and Mexico. H.R. 5817 should have passed with absolutely no controversy. Realizing that the boomers have completely accepted the lie of a certain nation being “our greatest ally” and that they have the largest amount of political power in this country is disenheartening. (The fact they, and not younger generations, have the greatest voting power is a sign of the collapse of our nation, as in a healthy population there would naturally be more young people than old ones.). This lie, that said certain country is “our greatest ally” is only being promoted for the sake of maintaining the comical facade that THE PEOPLE WE ELECTED to “drain the swamp” are themselves complicit in the Moussad ps- sorry the Epstein files, and for the sale of military gain.
“Our greatest ally” has dragged us into a pointless ear in the Middle East, one that, for all of Trump’s blustering, we have already irrevocably lost due to the fact that we have failed to keep the straight open and that the promise of American projection of power, which we have relied upon for decades, is worthless.
Where is the outrage over Thomas Massie, who was clearly a victim of election interference from our greatest ally? Of course “Russia collusion” was a liberal “dumacrat” lie, but AIPAC collusion? We would never.
We need to ensure that Americans place the interests of America before that of other nations, expose the child predators which rule our nation (something Trump has inexplicably refused to do), and ultimately restore a genuine sense of pride and honor among Americans. Something that will take more than scrubbing a pool in DC or building a tactically useless “droneport” at the Whitehouse will do.
It is my firm belief that small town America is the saving grace of our Nation, and as a lifetime Maine resident I can only hope and pray for the salvation of small Maine towns from the two headed snake of Democrat and Republican ideology.
Enforce the FARA act, pass HR 5817, and let everyone work ceaselessly to bring our nation to a new greatness.
Zionism is the scourge of the earth. The world will never know peace until every last ashkenazi is exterminated