In December 2023, in social networks they talked about the missing action in San Francisco, whose participants allegedly removed the star-striped banner from one of the main city attractions. We checked the correctness of such publications.

On December 8, several photos were spread along social networks, in which an unknown man climbs a flagpole installed next to the bridge Golden Gate in San Francisco. The American flag flutters on some pictures, on others - already Palestinian. Some posts are attached to a video on which the voices of protesters, shouting slogans are heard. These materials were placed, in particular, Telegram channels Azfront (68,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) and "ISRAEL⚡️ TrUH"(44,000), as well as users Facebook, X, Tiktok And YouTube.

December 6 in San Francisco several dozen people Spent The action in support of the unlimited ceasefire in the gas sector, where the Israeli army has been conducting a military operation for several weeks after the attack of the Hamas group to Israel. By messages California media, demonstrators, in particular, passed the golden gate on the pedestrian part of the bridge, holding posters in their hands and chanting slogans.

In their reports, local journalists reported that Palestine's flag at the bridge really appeared - it is claimed that he stayed on a flagpole for less than an hour. The man who hung him was detained shortly after that. As the factor from the Reuters agency found out, some Protesters who told about the action on social networks, Mentioned The intention to replace the American flag with Palestinian. However, the four-color banner was placed not instead, but together with the starry striped-this is evident from the broadcasts of the television channels Kron 4 News And ABC 7 News.