Shri Thanedar has taken staunchly supportive approach to Israel following the Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. He has called for the elimination of Hamas "from the face of the earth", saying that they are just "barbaric terrorists".
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WASHINGTON — Protestors waving keffiyeh, a chequered black and white scarf worn by Palestinians, gathered outside the residence of Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar late Saturday, slamming his support for Israel in its onslaught on Hamas that has left about 120,000 Palestinians dead.
“This is my home at 3 AM Sunday night,” Thanedar wrote on X, and shared a video showing a protestor waving keffiyeh.
Amidst blaring car horns, a protester can be heard shouting, “you are complicit in the bombing of Gaza… Your silence is violence. Your silence is abhorrent, and we will not let you sleep! There will be a price to pay”.
Another protester in the video is seen holding a placard that read: “20,000 Gazans dead! Wake the f**k up Shri!!”
The video shared by Thanedar was posted on X platform by Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian-American human/civil rights attorney and activist, according to her X bio.
Along with the video, Arraf wrote the message: “Detroit constituents of Rep Shri Thanedar visited his house in the middle of the night to get him to #WakeTheFUp about the ongoing genocide in Palestine that he’s supporting.
“If Gaza’s children can’t sleep from the US-supplied bombs Israel is dropping and babies are being blown to bits, no enabler should be allowed to sleep,” she wrote.
Thanedar has taken staunchly supportive approach to Israel following the Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “In this time of great international uncertainty, it is now more important than ever before to reaffirm as a people, and as a nation, our unequivocal support for the state of Israel, the lone democracy in the Middle East and one of our closest, and strongest, allies across the globe,” he wrote on his website.
Thanedar had called for the elimination of Hamas “from the face of the earth”, saying that they are just “barbaric terrorists”.
“I condemn these violent attacks against the Jewish people and the state of Israel. The calculated aggression targeting innocent civilians is heartbreaking and cannot be tolerated. America stands firmly with Israel,” Thanedar had said.
He also urged the Congress to rally behind Israel until the threat is addressed and security is restored.
Thanedar is an American businessman, author, and politician serving as the US representative from Michigan’s 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
Seventy percent of those martyred by Israel in Gaza are women and children, according to the territory’s health officials.
According to human rights advocates and aid groups, a vast majority of Gaza’s 2.2 million people are displaced, and an estimated half face starvation. Israeli military officials say 118 soldiers have been killed during the country’s ground invasion in Gaza, which came after 1,200 people were killed and about 240 hostages were captured by Hamas on October 7.
