Report Estimates Anti-Israel Protests Have Cost the U.S. Over a Billion Dollars
“Unlike many previous protest movements that caused high-intensity but short-term damage, these demonstrations have been prolonged—often lasting weeks or months in certain areas”
Democrats and the media don’t care, because this was done by the base voters of their party, but everyone knows it.
Campus Reform reports:
New report estimates anti-Israel protests have amounted to $1.5 billion in costs
According to a new report, the anti-Israel protests that followed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks against Israel cost the American economy more than $1.5 billion.
The report was conducted by the Middle East Forum and published on April 14. It found that the “total economic impact” of the protests was $1.51 billion nationwide.
“The surge of anti-Israel protests across the United States following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel has imposed substantial economic costs on businesses, communities, and public institutions,” the group explained.
“Unlike many previous protest movements that caused high-intensity but short-term damage, these demonstrations have been prolonged—often lasting weeks or months in certain areas,” the organization continued. “Their economic impact has consequently accrued over time rather than peaking in a single wave of disruption.”
According to its website, the Middle East Forum is a think tank that aims to promote “American interests in the Middle East” and protect “Western values from Middle Eastern threats.”
The group broke the total cost down into multiple categories, including property damage costing $33.1 million, law enforcement costs of $97.3 million, lost wages amounting to $178.5 million and injury and death costs of $6.5 million. The largest measured cost was lost business revenue, which amounted to $1.19 billion, according to the study.
In its study, the Middle East Forum examined protests between October 2023–right after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks against Israel–and early 2025.
In a statement provided to The New York Sun, the director of the Middle East Forum, Gregg Roman, said that the group’s study was the first quantification of the harm done by anti-Israel groups.
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lefty majors in committing hate crimes
What value did they assign to the life of Paul Kessler HY”D, the elderly man in California who was murdered by a pro-Hamas demonstrator who struck him in the forehead with a bullhorn? And what happened to the pro-Hamas scum who murdered him?