US Student Arrested For Jokingly Asking Benjamin Netanyahu to "Drop Bombs" On Her College (www.ndtv.com)

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A Florida university student was arrested Thursday after posting a message in a WhatsApp group chat that appeared to ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "drop bombs" on her college, media reported, citing police. The student told officers it was a joke, but authorities are treating the threat seriously under Florida's laws on school-related threats.

The arrest was made after other students reported the message she sent in a WhatsApp group. As per a report by NBC Miami, the arrest report revealed that she made "a threat to kill or do bodily harm to individuals regarding a scheduled event on Friday, April 10, 2026, via a WhatsApp group chat."

The message was sent on Wednesday night to a chat which reportedly had around 215 students. She sent it when the students were discussing an upcoming event at the university's Ocean Bank Convocation Center. Saldana's message read: "@Netanyahu can you please drop bombs on FIU. Finals are next week and I'm not ready."

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[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

She is facing more consequences for that comment than he is for his actions.

[-] Akh@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Or people who rape children on Epstein’s island

[-] mlatu@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

you shouldn't joke about bombing a place when the bombing of other places is still going on. this is a serious matter and the serious people dealing with it in a serious manner will not tolerate any jokes about it.

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

Up to 15 years for a silly comment.

Up to 0 years for stealing billions and serial rape, among others.

The legal system is in pristine condition. Why are you asking?

[-] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Written to an international genocidal war criminal and she's the one arrested, wtf.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Did she actually literally send Israel that message, or was it among friends as a bit of an inside joke?

[-] shweddy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

She got arrested cuz he might actually do it

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

She got arrested because America is a fascist dictatorship now.

[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ignoring for a second the overreaction in arresting her, did she send multiple messages or is one of the sources off? The article lists two different messages (including the not-mentioned-in-the-post-summary "There is going to be a bomb in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center and it was going to be Jonathan's fault"), but the one in the image about bonbons is not mentioned in the article at all.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

She sent multiple messages. Girl was on a roll. https://xcancel.com/i/status/2046080014932730164

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Obvious joke rather than appeal to genocidal supremacist goals. If she had said that the University was infested with anti-genocidal concern, she wouldn't have been arrested, and University would be defunded instead.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

If serious she is supporting the war criminal Netenyahu, if it is not serious she is mocking palestinians who really get bombed

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think she was making fun of ~~Netanyahu~~ Israel bombing schools

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Finals are next week and I'm not ready."

Seems like a joke for not wanting to do exams rather than aprotest joke against Israel

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well yeah it's both.

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