Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Oct. 10, 2023 ~ Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer drew backlash on social media over the weekend from a social media post about the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Her message on X, formerly known as Twitter, stated that her “Heart goes out to all in the region,” but did not mention Israel by name, leading many conservatives and some Democrats to call Whitmer out for being too vague. She later clarified in another post that she believes “There is no justification for violence against Israel. My support is steadfast.“
PODCASTS:
Oct. 9, 2023 ~ Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News, talks to Chris Renwick about the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict and how it is affecting the Metro-Detroit Arabic community.
Oct. 10, 2023 ~ Emily Broder, associate director of ADL Michigan, talks to Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds about Hamas‘ attack on Israel, and how local leaders are responding to the war.
(CONTINUED) About 1,000 people are dead in Israel, with hundreds more kidnapped by Hamas militants, many of whom are reported to be civilians. In the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, about 830 people are dead, with CBS News reporting that over 100 of those dead are children.
760 WJR TOP NEWS STORIES:
-
- Israeli fire brigade teams douse the blaze in a partking lot outside a residential building following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on October 7, 2023. Palestinian militants have begun a “war” against Israel, the country’s defence miniser said on October 7 after a barrage of rockets were fired and fighters from the Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
-
- Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Barrages of rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip at dawn as militants from the blockaded Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, with at least one person killed, the army and medics said. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)
-
- A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. srael, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict’s death toll surged close to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
-
- Israeli soldiers patrol an area in Kfar Aza, south of Israel bordering Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023. Israel pounded Hamas targets in Gaza on October 10 and said the bodies of 1,500 Islamist militants were found in southern towns recaptured by the army in gruelling battles near the Palestinian enclave. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
-
- Family members and relatives mourn over the bodies of Palestinian militants killed in the latest infiltration operation into Israel, at the mortuary of a hospital in Gaza City on October 7, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was at “war” with Palestinian militant group Hamas after barrages of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early in the morning. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
-
- A bicycle was targeted and two young Palestinian militants were killed near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel on October 7, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a missile attack on Israel today, with fighters simultaneously crossing the border from Gaza. Israel has declared a state of war. (Photo By Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
-
- Israeli security forces stand near a burned car at a scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on October 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) say that Hamas “had begun a massive shooting of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory” which the Palestinian militant group has taken responsibility for. The IDF also say that militants had entered Israeli territory in “different locations”. A counter attack has been launch against Gaza. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
-
- Relatives and friends mourn a young Palestinian man on October 08, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. After Hamas’ attack on Israel yesterday, which took them by surprise, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Palestinians to leave Gaza and warned that the army would turn Hamas positions “into rubble.” (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
