Miami Politician Admits to Hiring ‘Jew Hater’ Billboard Trucks Targeting Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Art Basel Miami Beach

Miami City Commissioner David Suarez admitted to paying $4,000 for billboard trucks that targeted pro-Palestinian protesters outside Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2024. The trucks called Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) an “extremist group” and labeled members Alan Levine and Donna Nevel as “Jew haters.” The protest, organized by JVP and three other groups, called for a boycott of UBS, Art Basel’s sponsor, over its ties to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. A lawsuit filed in Southern Florida District Court seeks documents from Suarez, Mayor Steven Meiner, and other officials related to the incident and a city ordinance that protesters claim was designed to discourage demonstrations.