Eight Palestine solidarity activists in Michigan face decades in prison over property damage. The Justice Department's disproportionate charges reveal a broader effort to crack down on Palestine solidarity activism as a whole.
The U.S. Department of Justice claimed that the defendants had launched a year-long coordinated campaign, including intimidation and sabotage, targeting university leaders, law enforcement agencies, and local Jewish organizations, with a view to pushing the U.S.A. to withdraw its investment from Israel. Federal prosecutors, including the federal prosecutor in Detroit Jerome Gorgan, described the actions of those accused of being an anti-American…