Peo-Hezbollah antisemite bests incumbent Acker in UM regent nomination race (D) [View all]

Makled, a Dearborn attorney who represented several students who faced charges after protests calling on UM to divest from weapons manufacturing and Israel, credited students in part for his victory.

"To these students, the students who spoke up, the students who organized, the students who refused to let anyone tell them that their education wasn't worth fighting for, you all reminded us what a public university is supposed to be," Makled said.

The contest between Makled and Acker was particularly heated.

Makled was criticized for reposting, and later deleting, praise for Hezbollah and antisemitic remarks on his social media account.





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