Anti-Israel Protest at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Was Nothing Short of a Call to Murder Jews
A recent anti-Israel protest through the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was nothing short of a call to murder Jews.
The January 12, 2023 display was staged in protest of the appearance on campus of Vice President Kamala Harris, who was giving a speech on climate policy. Harris is perceived as pro-Israel.
The rally was co-organized by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), University of Detroit Mercy SJP (UDM SJP), Wayne State University SJP (SJP WSU) and Students United for Palestinian Rights (SUPR) at Michigan State University (MSU).
SAFE is the name of the UMich-Ann Arbor SJP chapter and SUPR is the name of MSU’s SJP chapter.
Joseph Fisher, Nooralhuda Sami and Salma Hamamy led anti-Israel chants during the protest. Other participants in the rally included Seliman Ali, Yousef Turk and Lina Mahmoud.
***For more information on the protest leaders, see below.***
As rally participants marched toward the auditorium where Harris was scheduled to speak, Fisher and Sami led chants, screaming, “Justice is our demand, no peace on stolen land!" and “Intifada, intifada! Long live the intifada!”
The term Intifada connotes a violent “uprising” or “insurrection.” Israel has experienced waves of Intifadas over the last decades. During these Initfadas, over 1,300 Israelis were bombed, shot and stoned to death by Palestinian terrorists. Many thousands more were maimed and injured.
Evoking Nazi Rhetoric
The protests also evoked Nazi rhetoric. Hamamy, while marching alongside Fisher and Sami, held a sign that read: “THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION, Intifada Revolution!” while Sami and Fisher led chanting of the same slogan.
Sami and Fisher also chanted the infamous slogan, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free,” a call for the destruction of the entire state of Israel (from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea).
When the crowd arrived outside the auditorium where Harris was speaking, Fisher and Hamamy led rally participants in chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, the Zionists have got to go!”
Fisher then gave a speech where he called Israel “the violent Zionist entity” and accused Israel of being “one of the most vicious perpetrators” of environmental destruction in the world.
Fisher also called Israel a “violent settler apartheid regime.”
In the words of Hollywood producer and columnist Daniella Greenbaum Davis, “The first and second intifada saw terrorists brutally murder innocent civilians. Can’t even imagine being a Jew on Michigan’s campus right now.”
More Information on the Leaders of the Protest
Joseph Fisher led chants calling for violence, the elimination of Israel and hatred of Zionists at a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) rally that was co-organized by several SJP chapters in Michigan.
Salma Hamamy called for violence and spread hatred of Zionists at a 2023 rally while serving as a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) officer at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Lina Mahmoud participated in an anti-Israel rally where protesters called for violence. Mahmoud was an eboard member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) as of October 30, 2022.
Nooralhuda Sami [Nooralhuda Omar Sami] led chants calling for violence, called for the elimination of Israel and demonizing Israel at a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) rally in January 2023 that was co-organized by various SJP chapters in Michigan.
Seliman Ali participated in an anti-Israel rally that called for violence. The rally was co-organized by various Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters, and held on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
Yousef Turk participated in an anti-Israel rally that called for violence. The rally was co-organized by various Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters, and held on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus in January 2023.