UNC-Chapel Hill Student Joins 'Jesse Watters' To Recount Heroic Flag-Saving Scene, Booming GoFundMe Fundraiser

This week, Americans rallied together behind a group of UNC fraternity brothers from Pi Kappa Phi who took a courageous stand to protect the American and Israeli flags on their campus. 

UNC-Chapel Hill was met by radical Pro-Palestine, Pro-Hamas extremists. 

As OutKick's David Hookstead wrote, "A small group of UNC frat bros were filmed this week protecting a fallen American flag that had been taken down by a pro-Hamas mob. The heroic students withstood being pelted with objects to make sure the flag was protected and not desecrated further."

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From threatening Jewish students to attempting to bring down the American flag at the center of campus, these malicious anti-Israel protesters incited fear on the campus. But all the mania couldn't deter the Israeli contingent at UNC-Chapel Hill, who was ready to stand up for the USA and Israel.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash with police after replacing an American flag with a Palestinian flag on April 30, 2024, at UNC-Chapel Hill. (Travis Long/News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators replace an American flag with a Palestinian flag on April 30, 2024, at UNC-Chapel Hill. Police removed a "Gaza solidarity encampment" earlier Tuesday morning. (Travis Long/News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

To commend the fraternity brothers' courageous act, Americans pitched in for a GoFundMe fundraiser, amassing nearly $500,000 as of Thursday's reporting.

Being courageous is priceless … but half a million dollars can certainly buy tons of beer for these proud Americans.

UNC-Chapel Hill student Brendan Rosenblum joined ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ to share his experience in protecting the American flag. 

Rosenblum's account of the ravenous protesters, many of them non-students, highlighted the true colors of the mass anti-Israel campus protests currently sweeping the nation.

As one side of the debate attempts to galvanize Americans, the other is attempting to destroy the fabric of America by infringing upon personal safeties of other citizens and attempting to limit their free speech.

Here's what Rosenblum shared with Jesse Watters:
 

"Basically there is a protest after five days of encampment in Chapel Hill," Rosenblum began. "A protest moved to the center of campus. We watched them chant, 'Intifada, intifada, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.' And as they did that, they tore down the American flag."

Rosenblum recounted the moment he and his Pi Kappa Phi brothers stepped up. By doing so, the extremists holding pro-Palestinian signage yelled obscene remarks at the college students.

"Me and my fraternity brothers went to the middle of campus," Rosenblum added, "I held the Israeli flag, and they held up the American flag while protesters chanted and screamed at us. I was told to kill myself about 50 times. I was called a fascist and a white supremacist. It was a really troubling scene, but we stood there strong for what we believed in."

Jesse Watters asked Rosenblum about the protesters. The UNC student shared that while he supports a right to protest for fellow personnel, the majority of protesters at UNC's campus appeared to be non-students.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash with police after replacing an American flag with a Palestinian flag Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at UNC-Chapel Hill. Police removed a "Gaza solidarity encampment" earlier Tuesday morning. (Travis Long/News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"I would say there were a lot of people who were not students," Rosenblum shared. "These people who don't belong on this campus shouldn't be here. They make us feel unsafe. A lot of the students here are peacefully protesting; they have the right to protest. They should execute that right. But if you don't belong to this campus, you should not be here. 

"You should not advocate against Israel; you should not advocate against anything because you don't belong here."

Watters then asked Rosenblum if he and his frat bros had any plans to drink the celebratory funds away — a well-deserved activity for the freedom-hungry, beer-thirsty gentlemen.

"We don't have real control of the money ... I will say, we do appreciate the support and we appreciate everyone trying to support our values and what we believe in." 

About 1000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at the South Building after a "Gaza solidarity encampment" was removed by police early Tuesday morning, April 30, 2024, at UNC-Chapel Hill. (Travis Long/News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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