{"id":664611,"date":"2026-11-02T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/664611\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:16:10","slug":"jewish-activist-liz-benichou-attacked-at-michigan-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/664611\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish activist Liz Benichou attacked at Michigan university"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jewish conservative activist was assaulted and threatened with death by a student at the University of Michigan<\/a>‘s Ann Arbor campus on Sunday, during a confrontation at a political event organized by conservative activists, according to videos circulated on social media and accounts published by US media outlets.<\/p>\n

“I should have killed you when I had the chance,” the student shouted at Jewish activist Liz Benichou as police officers escorted her to a patrol car following the attack.<\/p>\n

The violent incident, which was captured in videos shared on social media, sparked outrage among conservative activists amid continuing debate over antisemitism at US universities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benichou, a Jewish political activist associated with US President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, was knocked to the ground by a student who had confronted participants at a political event on campus. A police officer at the scene intervened and arrested the attacker.<\/p>\n

The confrontation began near a booth set up by conservative activists, displaying signs posing questions such as “Is Islam compatible with Western values?” and “Is Islam evil?”<\/p>\n

Student attacks Benichou during confrontation<\/p>\n

The student confronted those present, accused them of holding anti-Muslim views, and demanded to know whether they had obtained permission to hold the event.<\/p>\n

Benichou, who had arrived on campus as part of an event organized by the conservative youth organization Liberty Under Fire USA, joined the argument.<\/p>\n

According to footage published by Mediaite, Benichou commented on the student’s clothing and asked, “Am I wrong? If she walked around like that in Iran, what would happen to her?”<\/p>\n

Following the remarks, the student threw down the phone she was holding, lunged at Benichou, shoved her with both hands, and knocked her to the ground.<\/p>\n

She also attempted to kick Benichou as another person tried to pull her away.<\/p>\n

“Don’t fucking talk to me like that,” the attacker shouted before attempting to approach Benichou again.<\/p>\n

A University of Michigan police officer who was at the scene intervened and restrained the student.<\/p>\n

Videos show her resisting arrest while continuing to shout and curse. Even after being handcuffed, she continued making violent statements directed at Benichou.<\/p>\n

“I would do it again every time,” she shouted before threatening to kill her: “I should have killed you when I had the chance.”<\/p>\n

When a bystander asked whether she was joking, she replied that she was not.<\/p>\n

Police confirm arrest as Benichou reports injury<\/p>\n

The University of Michigan Police Department confirmed in a statement provided to the British newspaper the Daily Mail that officers were called shortly before 5 p.m. to an unauthorized event on campus.<\/p>\n

“As the group was preparing to leave, officers witnessed a University of Michigan student assault a woman who is not affiliated with the university,” police said.<\/p>\n

The student was arrested, processed by police, and subsequently released pending a decision on whether to issue a warrant and file charges against her.<\/p>\n

Police said no injuries had been reported to them.<\/p>\n

However, Taylor Sharp, Benichou’s manager and CEO of Liberty Under Fire USA, told Mediaite that she had suffered an injury to her lower back as a result of the fall.<\/p>\n

According to Sharp, the attacker continued attempting to reach Benichou even after being pulled away, and Benichou intends to pursue criminal charges against her.<\/p>\n

Benichou, who describes herself on social media as a “proud Jewish woman” and displays an Israeli flag alongside her profile description, announced following the incident that she was in a safe location and receiving treatment.<\/p>\n

“Political violence has no place in the United States,” she wrote, thanking the police officers who acted to protect her.<\/p>\n

She added that attempts to intimidate or silence her would not succeed.<\/p>\n

In a separate post, Benichou criticized the radical Left and accused it of engaging in violence.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred just two days before the US midterm elections, amid a heated Senate race in Michigan<\/a> between Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Republican candidate Mike Rogers.<\/p>\n

Conservative activist Cam Higby, who published one of the videos of the incident, claimed that the attacker was a supporter of El-Sayed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the student’s alleged political affiliation has not been independently verified, and no evidence has been published linking her to the Democratic candidate’s election campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jewish conservative activist was assaulted and threatened with death by a student at the University of Michigan‘s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[183527,111,16868,35421,4410,42,20011,26742,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-664611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-abdul-el-sayed","tag-antisemitism","tag-campus-antisemitism","tag-combat-antisemitism-movement","tag-elections","tag-headlines","tag-michigan","tag-midterm-elections","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}