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Over the weekend, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar faced protests from a group of anti-Israel demonstrators. They expressed their discontent by blowing car horns and demanding his “silence” on the Palestinian casualties in Gaza and his stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Thanedar, 68, has adopted a strong pro-Israel position, particularly in the aftermath of the Hamas militants’ attack on October 7.
Shri Thanedar is an American businessman, author, and politician serving as the U.S. 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.
With blaring car horns and screaming outside his house, protestors sought to punish him for what they claimed was his “silence” on the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas on Sunday night.
Thanedar posted on X,”This is my home at 3 AM,” and shared a video that showed cars lined in the street outside his home, an individual waving a cloth-like material, and others screaming through megaphones.
In the video the protestors are being 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!” “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
