Overview

• Rep. Max Miller said on June 19 that a driver displaying a Palestinian flag forced his vehicle off the road in Rocky River, Ohio, while shouting “death to Israel” and anti-Jewish slurs.
• Feras S. Hamdan, 36, of Westlake, turned himself in to Rocky River police on June 20 and was charged with a misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing.
• A 911 call released by authorities captures the suspect calling Miller a “dirty Jew” and threatening to kill him and his young daughter.
• Local and federal agencies—including the Rocky River Police Department, U.S. Capitol Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol, the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office—are jointly probing the incident.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson condemned “unhinged rhetoric” as fueling such attacks, and Democratic leaders urged Congress to enhance security measures for lawmakers.