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Michigan Jewish man who said he planned to ‘hunt Palestinians’ charged with making terrorist threat
(JTA) – A Jewish man in metropolitan Detroit was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat Saturday after allegedly asking on social media if anyone wanted to help him “go to Dearborn & hunt Palestinians.”
The reported remark and the arrest come amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Carl Mintz, 41, was arraigned in Dearborn, a heavily Arab-American suburb of Detroit where large pro-Palestinian rallies were recently held following the deadly Hamas terror attack that killed more than 1,400 Israelis and wounded thousands. Israel’s military response has killed an estimated thousands more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Mintz was charged with a felony of making a threat of terrorism and a misdemeanor charge of malicious use of a telecommunications device for the posts he allegedly published on Oct. 11. A conference to determine probable cause is scheduled for Tuesday.
Mintz’s threat to hunt Palestinians was published alongside pro-Israel social media posts, and the arrest comes following a string of reported anti-Muslim and antisemitic incidents in the United States and elsewhere following the Oct. 7 attack and the ensuing war. Last week, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American child in the Chicago area was stabbed to death, allegedly by a man who was angry about the Hamas attack.
Mintz appears to come from a Jewish family, according to an obituary of his father published in the Detroit Jewish News. The paper also covered Mintz’s 2010 arrest for shooting an Arab motorist in the arm in a road-rage incident. He ultimately pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon after an initial mistrial and received 11 months’ probation.
At the time, local reports said, Mintz maintained a YouTube channel filled with videos targeting Islam, which he described as “a cult” and “a threat to all Judeo-Christian nations.” His brother told local news that Mintz had been distraught since the recent deaths of both their parents.
Mintz is a realtor and former school board candidate in the suburb Farmington Hills who ran for office in 2022 on a platform of “ending critical race theory,” an issue that has recently animated portions of the right. He is also an aspiring actor. His real-estate firm told the Detroit Free Press it “released” him after he was charged this week.
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud praised Mintz’s arrest in a statement. “Threats of violence against our community will not be tolerated,” he said. “We are pleased to see that the charges filed this weekend reflect the severity of the message of hate that this individual chose to post online last week.” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy also said, “We take these threats very seriously.”
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on prosecutors to charge Mintz with ethnic intimidation.
The period since Oct. 7 has also seen a string of high-profile antisemitic incidents. A synagogue in California was vandalized and a man in North Carolina was arrested for allegedly threatening a synagogue with “public execution.” An Israeli student was assaulted at Columbia University on Oct. 11.
Jewish organizations joined together this week, following the Chicago-area killing, to speak out against that incident and anti-Muslim hate as well as antisemitism. Local rabbis attended the boy’s funeral.
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Israel to Send Delegation to Qatar for Gaza Ceasefire Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
Israel has decided to send a delegation to Qatar for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, reviving hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations to end the almost 21-month war.
Palestinian group Hamas said on Friday it had responded to a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal in a “positive spirit,” a few days after US President Donald Trump said Israel had agreed “to the necessary conditions to finalize” a 60-day truce.
The Israeli negotiation delegation will fly to Qatar on Sunday, the Israeli official, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters.
But in a sign of the potential challenges still facing the two sides, a Palestinian official from a militant group allied with Hamas said concerns remained over humanitarian aid, passage through the Rafah crossing in southern Israel to Egypt and clarity over a timetable for Israeli troop withdrawals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is due to meet Trump in Washington on Monday, has yet to comment on Trump’s announcement, and in their public statements Hamas and Israel remain far apart.
Netanyahu has repeatedly said Hamas must be disarmed, a position the terrorist group, which is thought to be holding 20 living hostages, has so far refused to discuss.
Israeli media said on Friday that Israel had received and was reviewing Hamas’ response to the ceasefire proposal.
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Tucker Carlson Says to Air Interview with President of Iran
Tucker Carlson speaks on July 18, 2024 during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY via Reuters Connect
US conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson said in an online post on Saturday that he had conducted an interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, which would air in the next day or two.
Carlson said the interview was conducted remotely through a translator, and would be published as soon as it was edited, which “should be in a day or two.”
Carlson said he had stuck to simple questions in the interview, such as, “What is your goal? Do you seek war with the United States? Do you seek war with Israel?”
“There are all kinds of questions that I didn’t ask the president of Iran, particularly questions to which I knew I could get an not get an honest answer, such as, ‘was your nuclear program totally disabled by the bombing campaign by the US government a week and a half ago?’” he said.
Carlson also said he had made a third request in the past several months to interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will be visiting Washington next week for talks with US President Donald Trump.
Trump said on Friday he would discuss Iran with Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.
Trump said he believed Tehran’s nuclear program had been set back permanently by recent US strikes that followed Israel’s attacks on the country last month, although Iran could restart it at a different location.
Trump also said Iran had not agreed to inspections of its nuclear program or to give up enriching uranium. He said he would not allow Tehran to resume its nuclear program, adding that Iran did want to meet with him.
Pezeshkian said last month Iran does not intend to develop nuclear weapons but will pursue its right to nuclear energy and research.
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Hostage Families Reject Partial Gaza Seal, Demand Release of All Hostages
Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Itai Ron
i24 News – As Israeli leaders weigh the contours of a possible partial ceasefire deal with Hamas, the families of the 50 hostages still held in Gaza issued an impassioned public statement this weekend, condemning any agreement that would return only some of the abductees.
In a powerful message released Saturday, the Families Forum for the Return of Hostages denounced what they call the “beating system” and “cruel selection process,” which, they say, has left families trapped in unbearable uncertainty for 638 days—not knowing whether to hope for reunion or prepare for mourning.
The group warned that a phased or selective deal—rumored to be under discussion—would deepen their suffering and perpetuate injustice. Among the 50 hostages, 22 are believed to be alive, and 28 are presumed dead.
“Every family deserves answers and closure,” the Forum said. “Whether it is a return to embrace or a grave to mourn over—each is sacred.”
They accused the Israeli government of allowing political considerations to prevent a full agreement that could have brought all hostages—living and fallen—home long ago. “It is forbidden to conform to the dictates of Schindler-style lists,” the statement read, invoking a painful historical parallel.
“All of the abductees could have returned for rehabilitation or burial months ago, had the government chosen to act with courage.”
The call for a comprehensive deal comes just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for high-stakes talks in Washington and as indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Doha within the next 24 hours, according to regional media reports.
Hamas, for its part, issued a statement Friday confirming its readiness to begin immediate negotiations on the implementation of a ceasefire and hostage release framework.
The Forum emphasized that every day in captivity poses a mortal risk to the living hostages, and for the deceased, a danger of being lost forever. “The horror of selection does not spare any of us,” the statement said. “Enough with the separation and categories that deepen the pain of the families.”
In a planned public address near Begin Gate in Tel Aviv, families are gathering Saturday evening to demand that the Israeli government accept a full-release deal—what they describe as the only “moral and Zionist” path forward.
“We will return. We will avenge,” the Forum concluded. “This is the time to complete the mission.”
As of now, the Israeli government has not formally responded to Hamas’s latest statement.
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