Michigan

The memorial – named 'The Rock' – is a large orange boulder with the names Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel written on it.

"Our goal is to unite in support of Palestinian liberation, contribute to rebuilding efforts, and uphold the steadfastness of the Palestinian people to remain on their land," PYM said on Instagram.

The administrator, Rachel Dawson, formerly worked as director of UoM's office of academic multicultural initiatives.

“The University of Michigan condemns these criminal acts in the strongest possible terms,” said UMich Public Affairs.

Demonstrators held flags with Nazi swastikas and reportedly chanted a pro-Donald Trump slogan.

Michigan is a critical swing state, one that Trump won by 10,000 votes in 2016 but lost by 150,000 in 2024. The Arab and Muslim vote is critical, but so is the Jewish vote.

Trump visited Dearborn, a city with the largest Muslim population in the US, on Friday, where footage showed Trump being endorsed by Albert Abbas, an Arab American.

"I know many people from Lebanon and we have to get this whole thing over with," Donald Trump told an audience of Arab Americans in Michigan.

The event included get-out-the-vote calls and signups to canvas, along with Jewish-themed efforts to attract young voters, including one that riffs on the name of the first service of Shabbat.

Harris, while courting voters in the battleground swing state of Michigan, said that Sinwar's death is an opportunity to end the Israel-Hamas war.