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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Chicago

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi faced counts of attempted murder and hate crime and terrorism charges. (Cook County Sheriff’s Department)
December 2, 2024, 12:35 pm
Man facing terror charges for shooting US Jew on way to synagogue dies in apparent suicide
Cook County Jail’s Sheriff’s Office says Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi was found in his cell after hanging himself, no previous indication he planned to take his life
By ToI Staff
IDF veteran Max Long (left) and pro-Israel activist Michael Kaminsky speaking in Chicago, Illinois, November 12, 2024. (Fox News screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2024, 2:18 pm
IDF veteran recounts brutal assault at Chicago campus, vows to continue his activism
Max Long, whose weekly stand invites DePaul University students to talk with him about Israel, says attack left him with concussion, fellow activist with broken arm
By ToI Staff
File: Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary "Quincy" during the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
November 4, 2024, 11:28 am
Music titan Quincy Jones, who produced defining hits of 20th century, dies at 91
Jones collaborated with range of artists, from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra; married Jewish actress Peggy Lipton, daughter Rashida starred in ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Rec’
By Hillel Italie
Rev. Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson listens to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during a news conference on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
November 1, 2024, 10:11 am
Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over his antisemitic posts
After Oct. 7, Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson turned his back on positive ties with Jewish community, called Hamas massacre ‘resistance against oppression,’ compared Zionism to Nazism
By Andrew Lapin
Screen capture from video of Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi after being shot and injured by police during an exchange of gunfire in Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 2024. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 1, 2024, 8:36 am
Chicago cops add terror and hate crimes charges to counts facing man who shot Jew
Following criticism from Jewish community, police chief Larry Snelling stresses these charges were not immediately filed because evidence needed to be gathered
By ToI Staff
Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire
Members of Jewish community decry Brandon Johnson’s statement: ‘We’re scared and we need to know that our mayor has our back’
By jacob gurvis
Alderman Debra Silverstein and Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling speak at a press conference after a Jewish man was shot and injured, October 28, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)
October 29, 2024, 8:49 am
Orthodox Jew shot on way to Chicago synagogue; man charged with attempted murder
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi also allegedly fired at police before being shot; local authorities, Jewish groups urge caution about possible motive; alderman seeks hate crime charge
By jacob gurvis
This image from police-worn body camera, and provided and annotated by the US Justice Department, in the affidavit to support the criminal complaint and arrest warrant for Zachary Allen Kam, shows Kam during his arrest July 24, 2024, during protests in Washington against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the US Congress. (US Department of Justice via AP)
October 11, 2024, 1:33 pm
Chicago man charged with assaulting police at anti-Netanyahu protests in Washington
Zachary Allen Kam, 24, is at least third person charged with crimes over July 24 protest as PM addressed US Congress; Kam said to have scraped, bruised officer
By AP
A protester listens during a demonstration near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 22, 2024. (AP/Noah Berger)
August 23, 2024, 9:17 am
Pro-Palestinian activists protest as delegates leave DNC: ‘We’ll rally all night long’
Police clash with some unruly breakaways from largely peaceful demonstrations, with lower turnout than expected; activists angered by convention’s snubbing of Palestinian Americans
By AP
Former President Barack Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention August 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 21, 2024, 12:51 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 21: Day 320 – ToI reports from Democratic National Convention in Chicago
US bureau chief Jacob Magid updates us on the hostage release negotiations and brings all that is Jewish and Israeli from the this week’s political confab in the Windy City
By ToI Staff
An exhibit to raise awareness for the hostages being held in Gaza on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 20, 2024. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
August 21, 2024, 8:51 am
Israel activists erect ‘Hostage Square’ in Chicago on sidelines of Democratic convention
Hostage’s father welcomes supportive interaction with Ocasio-Cortez; Israeli envoy raps city’s ‘institutional support’ for anti-Israel protesters as they disrupt an Orthodox event
By Jacob Magid and JTA
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli consulate during the Democratic National Convention, on August 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 21, 2024, 6:21 am
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators charge police line outside Israeli consulate in Chicago
Over a dozen arrested as protesters clash with cops, burn US flag; Israel supporters hold counterprotest, call to free the hostages as consulate says it’s ‘appalled to see violence’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters march to the Democratic National Convention after a rally at Union Park, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 20, 2024, 10:08 pm
13 protesters arrested after clashing with police at Gaza ceasefire rally near DNC
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters breach fence outside Democratic party confab in Chicago, some pepper spray officers; police say 3,500 attended, organizers hoped for 20,000
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden, right, clasps the hand of his vice president Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 20, 2024, 12:36 pm
Biden gets hero’s welcome at DNC, touting record as he passes torch to Kamala Harris
President receives 4-minute standing ovation before he endorses VP, tells audience ‘I love you’; Hillary Clinton, AOC emphasize historic potential of Harris as 1st woman president
By AP
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during an interview in Chicago, August 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
August 20, 2024, 2:34 am
After being vetted for VP, Jewish governor of Illinois is now hosting the DNC
J.B. Pritzker jokes Democrats weren’t ‘crying out for white Ukrainian American Jewish billionaires,’ as his backers wait to see what surrogate role he may play for Harris campaign
By Ron Kampeas and Ben Sales
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