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Anti-Israel protesters swarm Christmas party and leave politician with black eyes

‘They came in here - they bust me in my head’, said Congressman Shri Thanedar

December 22, 2023 11:00
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Around 20 to 30 demonstrators swarmed the Detroit bar last Saturday night (Photo: X/Twitter)
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Anti-Israel demonstrators left a woman with two black eyes and in hospital after storming into a Democrat Christmas party.

Demonstrators confronted Congressman Shri Thanedar after he renounced his membership of the Democratic Socialists of America over its support of an “antisemitic’’ Times Square rally.

Thanedar was addressing his constituents at the Common Pub near Wayne State University in Detroit when the protesters, who were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, started chanting ‘Free Palestine’.

Jonathan Kinloch, who chairs the local Democratic party, told local Detroit media: “They were being disruptive, and they were not supposed to be there. The owner asked them to leave, I asked them to leave, they refused to leave.”