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Michigan Democrats back pro-Palestinian candidate for university board, sidelining pro-Israel Jewish incumbent
Makled won the party’s regent nomination after 7,252 delegates met in Detroit, as scrutiny grew over his deleted posts praising Hezbollah and sharing antisemitic content.
- Michigan Democratic delegates nominated civil rights attorney Amir Makled to the University of Michigan Board of Regents on Sunday, ousting incumbent Jordan Acker at the party's statewide convention in Detroit.
- Pro-Palestinian protesters previously vandalized Acker's home and car in 2024, citing his opposition to university divestment from Israel. The board member had become a focal point of activist pressure demanding investment policy changes.
- Makled faced scrutiny over past social media posts praising Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a "martyr" and sharing antisemitic content, prompting the Service Employees International Union to rescind its endorsement last week.
- While incumbent regent Paul Brown was renominated, Acker's ouster signaled a shift in party dynamics; some Jewish Democrats viewed the result as symbolic since Brown similarly opposed divestment yet retained support.
- In November, Makled and Brown will face Republican nominees Lena Epstein and Michael Schostak in a race illustrating how university governance has become a front in national debates over Israel and institutional divestment.
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UMich Regent Candidate Who Praised Hezbollah Wins Democratic Nomination
Dearborn, Mich. attorney Amir Makled, who shared since-deleted social media posts praising late Hezbollah terrorists as "martyr[s]" and urging Iran to "show no laxity" against Israel, won the Michigan Democratic Party’s nomination for the University of Michigan Board of Regents during the party’s convention Sunday.The post UMich Regent Candidate Who Praised Hezbollah Wins Democratic Nomination appeared first on .
Chaotic Michigan Democratic Party convention nominates Hezbollah cheerleader for UM regent, jeers Israel supporters - The Midwesterner
The growing rift between traditional Democrats and the party’s progressives was on full display at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention, where delegates on Sunday nominated a Hezbollah cheerleader over a Jewish incumbent University of Michigan regent. Boos erupted from the convention hall as 13th Congressional District party chair Jonathan Kinloch read the nomination for Jordan Acker, a Jewish attorney who has served as UM regent since 2019.…
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