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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Wisconsin

Peter and Zechariah Mehler, Jewish Milwaukee residents, freely admit to having torn down an anti-Israel mural depicting a Star of David turning into a swastika. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 1:11 am
Heroes or hooligans? Milwaukee rabbi and son arrested for vandalizing swastika mural
In September, a Palestinian businessman plastered his building with an image of the Nazi symbol in a Star of David; the pair who removed it say they don’t doubt it was antisemitic
By Andrew Lapin
Students board a bus as they leave the shelter following a deadly shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
December 17, 2024, 3:42 am
Teacher, teenage student killed in shooting at Christian school in Wisconsin
Female student wounds six other pupils, including two in critical condition, before cops arriving on scene find her dead by apparent suicide
By Scott Bauer
Protesters hold up a Palestinian flag as Democratic US presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the PA Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, October 30, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
November 1, 2024, 8:27 am
VP uses Gaza protests as opportunities to rally crowd, as disruptions turn routine
Anti-Israel activists disrupted the Democratic candidate at all 3 of her rallies Wednesday, prompting honed response that stays on message in last days before election
By AP
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the killing of Hamas's top leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza, on October 17, 2024, following a campaign rally at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)
October 20, 2024, 8:58 pm
Harris campaign says she did not agree with protester accusing Israel of genocide
Heckler also claimed ‘19,000 children dead’ in Gaza, VP said he’s ‘right’ about war needing to end, and ‘what he’s talking about, it’s real,’ prompting accusations she thinks Israel committing genocide
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
File: Police start removing tents erected by protesters from the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
September 13, 2024, 9:16 pm
After Gaza protests, University of Wisconsin system rules college heads must stay neutral
Move comes after one chancellor struck a deal in May to end pro-Palestinian campus protests by agreeing to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to discuss cutting ties with Israel
By AP
A person watches news in a local bar near the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Former president Donald Trump, bleeding from his ear, was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after an assassination attempt.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
July 15, 2024, 5:08 pm
At Republican Convention, Trump to forge ahead with election bid after assassination attempt
Former US president will be formally nominated as the party’s candidate in four-day event starting Monday, where he’s expected to announce his running mate
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid
Anti-Israel protesters make signs in an encampment area on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, April 30, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
July 4, 2024, 6:21 am
UW-Milwaukee chancellor to quit; he was panned for handling of anti-Israel protests
Mark Mone says he’ll step down next summer, in ‘personal decision’; Jewish groups have criticized him for striking deal with encampment leaders, agreeing to mull Israel divestment
By AP and ToI Staff
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 1, 2024. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP)
May 2, 2024, 9:04 pm
Trump refuses to commit to accepting results in this year’s US presidential election
Ex-president and Republican nominee, who still denies his 2020 loss, says he will ‘let it be known’ if he feels results are illegitimate, but adds he expects an ‘honest’ election
By AFP
Neo-Nazi marchers parade through Madison, Wisconsin, November 18, 2023. (CBS Chicago screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 21, 2023, 12:22 am
‘Israel is not our friend’: Neo-Nazis salute Hitler in march through Wisconsin town
‘Blood Tribe’ white supremacist group parade passes old synagogue structure no longer in use, waving swastikas and chanting ‘There will be blood’
By Rachel Leigh Hale
File: Workers reinstall a statue of Wisconsin abolitionist Col. Hans Christian Heg outside the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
May 26, 2023, 10:31 pm
Protester who pulled down abolitionist’s statue in Wisconsin sentenced to 6 months
Statue of Hans Christian Heg was toppled and beheaded during protest against police brutality in June 2020; Kelsey D. Nelson also convicted of looting nearby jewelry store
By AP
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 8:59 pm
Jewish teacher in Wisconsin arrested for threatening students who drew swastikas
Suspect held on suspicion of making terrorist threats after allegedly telling 7th-graders that he had 17 guns in his basement and wasn’t afraid to use them
By AP
Graffiti targeting 'Zionist' student groups was spotted in multiple locations around the University of Wisconsin campus on the first day of the semester, September 2022. (Screenshot/WKOW, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 10, 2022, 5:52 am
U of Wisconsin apologizes after ‘Zionism is genocide’ graffiti seen around campus
Messages at one location included ‘Zionism is racism,’ referenced unnamed ‘Zionist’ organizations at the university with ‘blood on their hands’
By Andrew Lapin
A police car is seen outside a church in Ames, Iowa, where a deadly shooting occurred. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 3, 2022, 9:01 am
More US shootings: 2 killed outside Iowa church, 2 shot at Wisconsin funeral
Local police say man apparently killed himself after shooting dead 2 females in Ames; a day earlier, gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office
By AP
Palestinian relatives carry the body of Omar As'ad, at his funeral; As'ad was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid, in Jiljilya village in the West Bank, on January 13, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
February 1, 2022, 5:24 am
Wisconsin lawmakers demand probe of elderly Palestinian-American’s death
US Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore ask State Department to investigate Omar As’ad’s death and whether IDF soldiers involved used equipment procured with American aid
By AP and ToI Staff
Toppled chairs line W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers on November 21, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
November 24, 2021, 1:34 am
Death toll in Wisconsin Christmas parade car ramming rises to six
Bail set at $5 million for Darrell Brooks, facing five counts of intentional homicide — and now a sixth murder charge — after driving his SUV into a holiday parade
By Agencies
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