Arizona State Representative Alma Hernandez (D-Tucson) reported being victim to a doxxing campaign on Thursday, posting evidence of masked individuals distributing anti-Israel flyers containing her personal address in her Tucson neighborhood.
The flyers cite Hernandez’s public opposition to a ceasefire between Palestine and Israel, and claimed she is “working to silence pro-Palestinian colleagues on a local and national level” before claiming Hernandez abuses “power in support of genocide.”
Hernandez (pictured above), who is Jewish, fumed in a post on social media that the doxxing was “disgusting,” and questioned “how anyone in their right mind” could justify the behavior. Hernandez added, “Now I have to fear for my own safety, and no longer feel safe in my own home,” and wrote that she reported the incident to law enforcement.
Absolutely disgusting that this Anti-Israel flyer about me has been circulated in my neighborhood with my home address. I don’t understand how anyone in their right mind believes this is OK. Hearing from concerned neighbors this morning who have shared the flyer & the camera… pic.twitter.com/Ie23lIV4bd
— (((Rep.Alma Hernandez))) (@almaforarizona) December 14, 2023
The Tucson Police Department did not return a press inquiry from The Arizona Sun Times by press time.
The Sun Times did not receive a comment in response from the Arizona Democratic Party (AZDP), Arizona State House Minority Leader Lupe Contreras (D-Avondale), or House Democratic leadership over the doxxing campaign. No statewide Democratic organization has released a statement condemning the flyers.
Hernandez was recently among a bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers who condemned Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-03) as she planned to visit Arizona State University at the behest of Students for Justice in Palestine, which declared her views were “not welcome” in Arizona. The event was canceled by the university.
Following the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel, she told local media the delayed condemnation of the attacks from Democrats in the Arizona House left her “disheartened,” and revealed an eventual statement was only released after she sent “a not-very-nice email” to her colleagues.
Hernandez likewise did not return a comment request from The Sun Times asking about the inaction and did not respond when asked if antisemitism or anti-Israel sentiment among Democrats could cause her to leave the party or work with pro-Israel Republicans in the Arizona Legislature.
The doxxing flyers were distributed about one month after two University of Arizona professors were suspended from classrooms following Hernandez’s comments over their claims about the difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.
The professors told students the Hamas “movement” is “probably anti-Zionist” rather than antisemitic, Reuters reported, and claimed the October 7 terrorist attacks were Hamas “responding” to mistreatment from Israel. Hernandez claimed the professors were teaching students that antisemitism “isn’t real” and urged the university to “investigate and do the right thing.” The professors were suspended from classrooms until December 1.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News, The Virginia Star, and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Background Photo “Arizona State Capitol” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
