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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Feds charge 8 pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate U of Michigan officials

Activists Charged Michigan - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel.

The indictment also describes vandalism against some companies that operate in Michigan and against the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

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