Overview

• Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stormed a Christmas party held by Michigan Democrats, leading to a brawl that left an elderly female partygoer hospitalized.
• The protesters were there to confront Rep. Shri Thanedar, who had renounced his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America over its support of a Times Square rally deemed 'hate-filled and antisemitic'.
• Partygoers forced the protesters out of the venue after requests for them to leave were ignored.
• The representative targeted by the protesters, Thanedar, was later awakened at 3 a.m. by pro-Palestinian protesters in front of his home.
• Michigan, home to more than 300,000 residents of Arab descent and 90,000 Jews, has seen tensions rise over the Israel-Hamas conflict.