Anti-Israel protesters occupying public space at the University of Michigan are demanding school president Santa Ono meet with them in an ominous, seemingly threatening social media post:
To @UMichPrezOno and the @UMich Board of Regents:
You have until this Sunday, April 28th, at 8 PM to meet with the students, faculty, & staff in the Gaza solidarity encampment to discuss how you will divest from Israeli occupation fully and immediately. pic.twitter.com/TAhXgIExPU
— TAHRIR Coalition (@TAHRIRumich) April 26, 2024
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“President Ono: Meet us in the encampment by Sunday to divest,” the sign read. “We are waiting for you.”
“You have until this Sunday, April 28th, at 8 PM to meet with the students, faculty, and staff in the Gaza solidarity encampment to discuss how you will divest from Israeli occupation fully and immediately,” TAHRIR Coalition declared on X.
The agitators did not indicate what they would do to Ono if he ignores their demands.
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Students have been camping in the Diag for several days, deeming the area a “Liberated Zone”:
University of Michigan Protest, Day 2: pic.twitter.com/RdOmjsOi9F
— Anna Hoffman ™️ (@shoesonplease) April 23, 2024
In New York, the United Auto Workers union has shown solidarity with pro-Hamas protesters there:
GOOOOOOOD MORNING, we made it through the night y'all.
🔻 UAW came through + rallied with us all night
🔻 SO MUCH food that we redistributed to folks around the village
🔻WE KICKED THE RIOT COPS OUT AND HAD NO ARRESTSRound 2 is for the children of Gaza ❤️🩹🇵🇸 #nyu4palestine
— hi it's Ryna (they/them) (@r_w2023) April 27, 2024
“UAW came through + rallied with us all night,” protesters said there, boasting that they “kicked the riot cops out”.
The UAW has backed the anti-Israel protesters for months.
In December — just weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel — UAW members went to the White House to demand the Biden administration for a “lasting ceasefire”:
Speaking in front of the White House, United Auto Workers (UAW) becomes the largest union in the country to call for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerrorism pic.twitter.com/GJGovLhNZK
— Palestine Info Center (@palinfoen) December 2, 2023
Later that month, UAW members marched in Midtown Manhattan with a “UAW for a Permanent Ceasefire” banner:
@UAW @UAWRegion9A contingent in NYC demanding a permanent cease fire now.#FreePalestine🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/FPeXg3gXe5
— Luigi W Morris (@LuigiWMorris) December 21, 2023
The union has backed Muslim extremists and harming Israel economically for years. This X post from 2014 shows the union has long stood with the Boycott Divest Sanction activists targeting Israel:
UAW 2865 BECOMES FIRST MAJOR U.S. LABOR UNION TO SUPORT DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL BY MEMBERSHIP VOTE http://t.co/Y6oTRyljDX #BDS #FreePalestine
— Occupy the Bay (@Gol_Sorkhi) December 13, 2014
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