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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Michigan

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 21, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
September 24, 2024, 10:32 am
Michigan attorney general calls Rashida Tlaib’s criticism of her ‘antisemitic’
Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, calls out pro-Palestinian Democrat congresswoman for suggesting she’s biased in prosecuting student protesters for ‘violence and criminal behavior’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib is photographed in his office at the City Hall in Hamtramck, Michigan, September 10, 2023. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)
September 24, 2024, 6:34 am
Mayor of Muslim-majority Michigan city endorses Trump, in sign of Gaza war’s impact
Amer Ghalib, who backed ‘Uncommitted’ movement, doesn’t mention Israel-Hamas conflict in his endorsement but reportedly raised possible ceasefire when meeting former US president
By Andrew Lapin
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Northwestern High School in Detroit, September 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
September 14, 2024, 6:35 am
Republican PAC blankets Michigan with ads touting Harris’s support of Israel
Ads, which also play up the fact her husband is Jewish, appear to be effort to help Trump’s campaign by discouraging Arab and Muslim residents of US swing state from backing her
By Ron Kampeas
Brenda Abdelall, the Egyptian-American lawyer hired for Arab-American outreach by US Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign in 2024, is seen in her official portrait as Assistant Secretary of Partnership and Engagement at the US Department of Homeland Security, 2022. (DHS Photo by Zachary Hupp/Released)
September 1, 2024, 9:31 am
Harris’s director of Arab-American outreach once said ‘Zionists’ control politics
Brenda Abdelall under scrutiny after comments from 2002 New York Sun interview resurface; campaign says quotes don’t reflect her views today
By ToI Staff
US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives to speak on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, August 22, 2024. (Robyn Beck / AFP)
August 25, 2024, 7:04 pm
Harris faces uphill battle to win back Muslim votes in swing state of Michigan
Community leaders, angered by Biden’s support for Israel, ‘are in listening mode’ with new nominee, even as Muslim Women for Harris disbands after pro-Palestinians snubbed at DNC
By AFP and ToI Staff
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on crime and safety during a campaign event at the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, August 20, 2024, in Howell, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 20, 2024, 11:44 pm
Trump campaigns in Michigan town with historic links to white supremacists
GOP nominee’s campaign rejects criticism by Democrats of using racial tensions to generate support; protesters last month chanted ‘Heil Hitler,’ ‘we love Hitler, we love Trump’
By Helen Coster and Nathan Layne
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, August 7, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP)
August 17, 2024, 9:49 pm
‘She doesn’t need us’: Harris struggles to regain Arab American support as DNC nears
VP, who met mayor of heavily Arab Dearborn last week, has rejected calls for arms embargo on Israel, has not followed up on request that she meet organizers of ‘uncommitted’ vote
By AP
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Romulus, Mich. (AP/Carlos Osorio)
August 9, 2024, 10:20 am
Listening to anti-Israel activists, then shushing them, Kamala Harris walks a tightrope
US VP and Democratic presdential nominee has to navigate between two of her party’s natural constituencies, Arab Americans and Jews, amid the divisive Israel-Hamas war
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Romulus, in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area, August 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 8, 2024, 9:41 am
Harris tells anti-Israel hecklers to be quiet unless they ‘want Donald Trump to win’
Before Detroit rally, Democratic candidate meets ‘uncommitted’ vote organizers who claim she indicated openness to discussing Israel arms embargo; VP’s aide: she opposes idea
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
June 16, 2024, 4:44 pm
Trump allies seek to woo Arab-American voters unhappy with Biden support for Israel
Republican presidential candidate’s outreach campaign headed by his daughter’s father-in-law, Massad Boulos, a Lebanese-born businessman with ties in crucial swing state Michigan
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel graffiti mars the outside of the Goodman Acker law offices, June 3, 2024, in Southfield, Michigan, just north of Detroit. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
June 4, 2024, 5:12 am
Anti-Israel graffiti on U of Michigan regent’s law office being probed as hate crime
‘This is done as a message to scare Jews,’ says Jordan Acker, who along with other members of US university board has recently been targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fake bloody corpses left by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists outside the home of University of Michigan board chair Sarah Hubbard on May 15, 2024, in video circulated on social media (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 16, 2024, 3:42 pm
Anti-Israel protesters put fake corpses at University of Michigan official’s home
Board member Sarah Hubbard says some 30 people demonstrated at her home, pitched tents; another board member says masked activist left list of demands at his home
By Agencies
Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park, Michigan. (Courtesy Detroit Jewish News via JTA)
May 11, 2024, 6:26 am
Cops probing self-proclaimed ‘Jew hater’ for yelling slurs at Detroit-area synagogue
Wife of Congregation Beth Shalom’s rabbi emeritus says man shouted ‘how are you doing, baby killer?’ and other slurs, later threw a pair of work gloves at her
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks to reporters March 2, 2023, in Detroit, about her candidacy for the US Senate in 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
May 4, 2024, 11:43 pm
The unexpected Michigan Senate race that could determine control of the chamber
Matchup between Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and GOP’s Mike Rogers could shape up as crucial, with Israel-Hamas war looming as one potential campaign focus point
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Eric Suter-Bull holds a Vote Uncommitted sign outside a voting location at Saline Intermediate School for the Michigan primary election in Dearborn, Michigan, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
February 29, 2024, 1:04 am
Michigan’s Gaza protest votes below levels seen as requiring major Biden shift
While ‘uncommitted’ ballots numbered some 100k, enough for two delegates, they fell below the threshold seen as representing a clear danger to the president’s reelection campaign
By Jacob Magid and AP
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