The town of North Andover in Massachusetts has voted to allow the flag of Palestine to be flown over their town common.
According to WBUR, North Andover voted for Biden by 61 percent, in case you were wondering.
This is an overt political act of virtue signaling, and not everyone in the town was on board with the idea.
FOX 25 News in Boston reports:
After ‘heated’ meeting, North Andover approves permit to fly Palestinian flag on town common
A request for a permit to raise a Palestinian flag on the North Andover Town Common was approved Monday night.
The flag will now be put up until December 7.
At a select board meeting, which had previously been rescheduled due to “threats of litigation as well as public safety concerns,” residents spoke passionately in both defense and opposition to the flag.
“A lot of tension, a lot of opposition,” Salma Boulal, who attended the meeting, said. “If Israel gets their flag to fly in the North Andover common then Palestinians deserve that same right.”
“It was pretty heated…there are those that look at the Palestinian flag as a symbol of hate,” Brian Buzby said.
There was a large police