http://twitchy.com/eric-v/2025/04/27/three-face-federal-antisemitic-hate-crime-charges-in-pittsburgh-local-media-largely-silent-n2411965
The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania is charging three Pittsburgh area residents with antisemitic hate crimes, including the possession of destructive devices.
A federal grand jury returned the nine-count Superseding Indictment against Mohamad Hamad of Coraopolis, Tayla Lubit, and Micaiah Collins, both of Pittsburgh.
StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) ~ Three Pittsburgh residents - Mohamad Hamad (23), Talya Lubit (24), and Micaiah Collins (22) - have been federally indicted for crimes tied to antisemitic hate, terrorism sympathies, and explosives:
- Hamad, a U.S.-Lebanese citizen, lied on his Air Force clearance application while praising Hezbollah and Hamas. Hamad called Hamas “freedom fighters” after Oct. 7, helped make explosives with Collins, and surveilled a synagogue while wearing a Hamas-style headband.
- Hamad and Lubit conspired to vandalize the Chabad of Squirrel Hill, spray-painting antisemitic messages and a Hamas attack symbol on its wall.
- Hamad faces up to 10 years in prison, Collins 5 years, and Lubit 1 year.
The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies.
It amazes me that these young women become enthralled by these misogynistic, pretend "tough guys" who like to dress up, play "terrorist," and abuse their women. I suppose all of their self-loathing for allowing themselves to become victims just makes it that much easier to express hatred towards other people. They are sad little creatures.
The FBI investigated, along with the ATF and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) ~ More from the DOJ here:
http://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/three-pittsburgh-residents-charged-superseding-indictment-conspiracy-defacing-and
Antisemitic crime has been on the rise since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began with the October 7th terrorist attacks by Hamas in 2023. Protests, vandalism, and even violence against Jews have become commonplace in cities and universities across the country. The Free Palestine movement, which began as protests against Israel, has exposed its dark underbelly of hatred towards Jews everywhere.
Perhaps no other city knows where that kind of hatred can lead better than Pittsburgh, the scene of one of the worst antisemitic attacks in our nation's history at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
On October 27th, 2018, Robert Bowers killed eleven people and wounded six more before being taken into custody. He currently sits on death row for the murders.
MEGHAN SCHILLER (@MeghanKDKA) ~ #BREAKING: We are on our way to Wilkins Avenue for reports of a reported active shooter at the Tree of Life Synagogue. @KDKA is headed to the scene. Avoid the area.
Something has changed since 2018. Local news outlets have largely ignored the news of federal hate crimes filed against the three suspects.
Morgan Rhinegelt (@rhinegelt) ~ Weird that neither @KDKA nor @WPXI nor @WTAE have posted a thing about this.
We could not find any coverage of the story on the websites of local news outlets.
Ironically, we did find a story on Pittsburgh's ABC affiliate on survivors of the Tree of Life shooting speaking with high school students about the importance of combating hate.
WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (@WTAE) ~ Survivors and families of those killed in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting spoke to sophomores at Seneca Valley School District Friday to educate students on the importance of combating hatred and fostering unity.
http://www.wtae.com/article/survivors-family-tree-of-life-synagogue-stories-seneca-valley/64596986
If not for social media, the story may not have received any coverage at all.
Antony Olach (@AntonyOlach) ~ Only on X. If they were KKK and their crimes were targeting African Americans, then it would be non-stop legacy media. They would have been convicted already in the public arena. But, besides X, only crickets.
It would be one thing if these were just stupid kids spray painting racist stuff in a Jewish neighborhood, but this is much worse. One of the suspects is accused of trying to obtain security clearance in the military, and two are charged with having destructive devices, specifically pipe bombs. Seems to be a newsworthy story, especially in Pittsburgh.
Jen Brick Murtazashvili (@jmurtazashvili) ~ Just another day in Pittsburgh. They targeted a synagogue two blocks from Tree of Life.
Stay vigilant, friends ... the mainstream media will ignore anything that doesn't fit the leftist narrative.
It's crystal clear. WE are the media now.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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