Day after day we hear of Jews on college campuses being verbally and physically attacked.
Today is no exception.
The latest example I’ve read about online (assuming it has not been replaced by the time I finish writing this) took place at a particularly fertile location for anti-Semitic incidents; the University of Michigan.
It is reported, and unsettlingly discussed, by Seth Mandel at commentary.com.
Here are excerpts from his lengthy analysis. But I beg you to use the above link and read the rest as well:
What We Learned From the Federal Charges Against a Pro-Hamas Ring
Two bright young University of Michigan-connected pro-Hamas activists were having a conversation in 2024 about their spree of destruction aimed at school administrators and Jewish targets.
Given the illegality of their actions and the extent of their group’s planning before each alleged crime, federal conspiracy charges weren’t out of the question if they got caught. Their actions, one activist said to another, could “hit RICO territory very quickly.”
Well, congrats kids—you and your friends have just been indicted on federal conspiracy charges. Despite one defendant’s assessment that law enforcement is “not smart enough” to catch them, law enforcement caught them.
They threatened their victims, handed them a list of demands, and then used the anniversary of Hamas’s attacks to vandalize the families’ homes in the middle of the night, leaving painted assassination threats (the upside-down red triangle Hamas uses to paint targets) and fake blood. In some cases, they spread loose nails, threw stink bombs, and left dolls arranged to look like mangled corpses. That was October 2024, and in November the group allegedly hit additional targets.
One of the places they hit was the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. According to the complaint, the defendants had trespassed on the property a few months earlier, confronted staff, and threatened: “I’ll be back… we’re going to come back with lots of people.”
Another example of the insanity of the progressive anti-Zionist activist class is its saturation with wartime “resistance” rhetoric. The group of activists allegedly carrying out these actions posted a message after one of them. It read:
“As beneficiaries of this imperial system, our duty to Palestine is to damage, disrupt, and destroy the colonizers’ operations by any means necessary. We call on revolutionaries across the world to take decisive, escalatory action to halt the war machine… Glory to our martyrs, power to our freedom fighters! Long live the Intifada.”
As it happens, one of the defendants accused of participating in this group’s alleged campaign of terrorizing families is Mariam Odeh. According to the Detroit News, Odeh worked as recently as April for the Senate campaign of Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The campaign confirmed the report.
A man named Amir Makled was the defense lawyer for some of them. Eventually, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was pressured to drop the charges because Democrats complained loudly that her Jewish faith prevented her from fairly prosecuting the case. When Nessel gave in to this chilling anti-Semitic pressure campaign, Makled rejoiced.
In April, Makled was chosen by the state Democratic Party to replace one of the University of Michigan regents, Jordan Acker. As it happens, Acker is Jewish and was one of the targets of the harassment and intimidation campaign for which Odeh and her associates stand accused. Makled has also appeared at Sayed’s campaign rallies.
See a pattern here?
Let me end by pointing out, as I have on number of other blogs, that after the World War II holocaust, the slogan “Never Again” came into being.
It sounds nice, doesn’t it? But as becomes clear, time after time after time, “never again” is a fantasy. “Again” is an ongoing reality – very much including among hard left Democrats on college campuses.
“Never again”? After 58 centuries we should know better.
