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Anti-Israel uprisings hit dangerous new extreme in Michigan
Washington Examiner ^ | May 18, 2024 | Brad Polumbo

Posted on 05/20/2024 7:25:54 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The anti-Israel uprisings at colleges across the country have featured violence (from both sides), vandalism, unlawful occupations known as “encampments,” and many other acts that go well beyond free speech. And now, at the University of Michigan, this radical protest movement just crossed the line into dangerous new territory.

This week, agitators reportedly showed up at the homes of University of Michigan Board of Regents members in the middle of the night, invading their private property. They chanted on their lawns and brought with them fake corpses, faux bloodied sheets, and lists of demands, including, bizarrely, completely unrelated desires such as “defunding the police.”

“As you have refused to come to the encampment, we are now bringing the encampment to you,” video shows protesters yelling with a loudspeaker on the property of one Board of Regents member’s home in the very early hours of the morning.

This was, understandably, frightening and intimidating for the targeted public officials.

“Around 4:40 A.M., a masked intruder came to the door of my family’s home with a list of demands, including defunding the police,” Regent Jordan Acker recounted on X. “My three daughters were asleep in their beds, and thankfully unaware of what transpired.”

“This form of protest is not peaceful,” he concluded. “Public officials should not be subject to this sort of intimidating conduct, and this behavior is unacceptable from any Michigan community member.”

Acker is absolutely right.

No matter how one feels about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, no one should support this kind of extremist behavior. People’s homes should always be off-limits, but especially in the middle of the night and especially with such intimidating tactics and props used.

Unfortunately, while the protests were dispersed after law enforcement arrived at the scene, no one was arrested. This sends the message that trespassing and intimidation are actually fine, so don’t be surprised when campus extremists return to this tactic in the future.

But they really shouldn’t, even from the pro-Palestinian point of view.

At this point, these protests have become a clown show, distracting attention away from the war in Gaza and the plight of the Palestinian people. They’re also presenting an extremist face to the pro-Palestinian cause that is more likely to repel public support than compel it.

And their demands don’t even make sense. I mean, what the heck does defunding the police have to do with Gaza?

Even their Israel-related demands are incoherent. For example, these agitators keep demanding that the Board of Regents, which oversees the university’s endowment, “divest” from Israel.

But the university doesn’t even have any money directly invested in Israeli companies, according to Regent Michael Behm. A tiny fraction of 1% of the endowment is indirectly invested in Israeli companies, yet “divesting” from that likely isn’t feasible without eschewing index funds, a total nonstarter from an economic point of view.

So far, the university is rejecting these activists’ demands out of hand.

“Our endowment supports numerous scholarships for needy students and drives groundbreaking research across the university and world,” Board of Regents Chairwoman Sarah Hubbard said. “We will continue to shield the endowment from political pressures and base our investment decisions on financial factors such as risk and return.”

The University of Michigan should hold strong in this position. If colleges cave to the demands of radical students who engage in intimidation campaigns, things will only further spiral into chaos and disorder.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; mi; michigan

1 posted on 05/20/2024 7:25:54 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

If: Violence
Then: Multiply by 10 and return it.
No other way.
There are plenty of countries where Jew hate is part of their makeup...send our turds over there to screw camels and sheep.


2 posted on 05/20/2024 7:31:46 AM PDT by Da Coyote ( )
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To: Mr. Mojo
ENEMIES OF GOD ...AND FOLLOWERS OF SATAN

A sad SICKNESS going on in America - and it began when we started removing the influence of God from our government leadership AND our schools! When a government tries to remove God from the people’s lives – you open the door to Satan! Imho

3 posted on 05/20/2024 7:34:30 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: Mr. Mojo

violence (from both sides) ???


4 posted on 05/20/2024 7:34:36 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

Yep, the author felt compelled to throw that BS in there in a lame attempt to appear unbiased.


5 posted on 05/20/2024 7:36:39 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: ComputerGuy

Yes, the jews being attacked dared to fight back to defend themselves, therefore they were violent /s


6 posted on 05/20/2024 7:38:19 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Mr. Mojo

Divestment is their strength?


7 posted on 05/20/2024 7:39:37 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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8 posted on 05/20/2024 7:43:57 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: Mr. Mojo
If I was a Michigan homeowner, I would be pondering two questions:

1)How does the law read regarding trespassers in Michigan?

2) Should I go with dobermans or pit bulls?

9 posted on 05/20/2024 7:56:02 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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Unfortunately, while the protests were dispersed after law enforcement arrived at the scene, no one was arrested.

Must be a very low income neighborhood. No one has doorbell or security cameras. Alternately, the authorities couldn't care less.

10 posted on 05/20/2024 8:20:10 AM PDT by SJackson (There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them Churchill)
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To: Mr. Mojo; lightman; Navy Patriot

These U Michigan “DEMONstrators” are working to bring intifada to America!

Harvard has them too!

https://x.com/ShabbosK/status/1792259318932295865

Phooey to them all!

Take away their degrees and honors (e.g., Rhodes Scholarships)! Restore the honors of old Harvard alumni like me, which have been unfairly devalued!!


11 posted on 05/20/2024 8:54:56 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

Michigan is also home to many faithful Antiochian Orthodox Christians...especially in Livonia!


12 posted on 05/20/2024 8:57:39 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The elitists think they are immune from what the rest of us have to endure as a result of their evil policies.

They need to learn that they are not.

This is what you get for not stopping this within 5 minutes of it starting.

What you allow, you get more of and it ALWAYS escalates.

And of course the anarchists want the police defunded. What do you expect from criminal thugs?

Time for armed citizens to do the job that politicians refuse to do.

If the government abdicates on its claimed responsibility to protect its citizens, then we have to do it ourselves.


13 posted on 05/20/2024 9:01:21 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: ComputerGuy

They had to add the obligatory “violence from both sides” in order to please the leftists.


14 posted on 05/20/2024 9:04:46 AM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: ComputerGuy

Yeah, stopped reading right there.


15 posted on 05/20/2024 9:05:32 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: lightman

Christ is Risen!

I doubt if the U MI (or Harvard) intifada demonstrators included too many Orthodox Christians of any sort!


16 posted on 05/20/2024 9:11:32 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ZOOKER

In regards to question number 2, personally I would go with 12 gauge by Remington.

But I do like pit bulls, they are sweet puppies to their owners and very protective.


17 posted on 05/20/2024 1:32:11 PM PDT by 5th MEB (1)
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To: Mr. Mojo
“Public officials should not be subject to this sort of intimidating conduct, and this behavior is unacceptable

I hope Regent Jordan Acker said this when certain Supreme Court Justices had their homes visited by the same mob.

18 posted on 05/20/2024 1:39:10 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The Board of Regents members need to arm themselves.


19 posted on 05/20/2024 8:19:33 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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