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Kennedy's "vitriolic attack” exposes GOP

At a hearing to combat hate, a GOP senator peddled hate against Muslims and Arab Americans

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In Chicago’s Little Palestine, locals protest and mourn amid Gaza war

The Palestinian community where Democrats held their convention last week takes pride in identity and rallies for Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Senator Lindsey Graham slams Palestinians as ‘radicalised’ in social post

US lawmakers have leaned into anti-Palestinian rhetoric as Israel’s war in Gaza continues and the death toll rises.

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Here’s how Illinois Democrats in Congress split on Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism legislation

Democrats locally and nationally are grappling with a challenging dynamic being played out, with the Israel-Hamas war in its third month.

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Father of Palestinian boy stabbed 26 times files wrongful death lawsuit against alleged killer

Oday Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, filed the lawsuit last month against Joseph Czuba, 71, over the October attack

The Independent UK

Father of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in Plainfield Township files wrongful-death lawsuit

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was killed, and his mother, 32, was critically injured Oct. 14. Their landlord, Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the attack.

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Suburban Chicago Islamic school copes with fear, sadness after threat

Principal Tammie Ismail, like many, feels that dehumanizing rhetoric spread by U.S. politicians and media about Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs in the wake of the war in Gaza has inspired hate that’s endangering her students.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden’s outreach to US Arabs, Muslims ‘falling flat’ amid Israel-Gaza war

Anger is growing, even as US administration holds meetings with advocates and announces anti-Islamophobia strategy.

Al Jazeera

President Biden’s concern about ‘Islamophobia’ comes way too late

It is deceptive to discuss the uptick in Islamophobia divorced from the circumstances that have fueled this most recent wave: the demonization of Palestinians, and by association, Muslims, writes an educator from Oak Lawn.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden unveils new strategy to combat Islamophobia as Israel-Hamas war continues

The Biden White House is grappling with soaring criticism within the Muslim American community for its support of Israel’s ongoing military attack on Hamas in Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll, in the thousands, is rising.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cornell student who allegedly made antisemitic threats to appear in court

Student has been charged with threatening to kill or injure using interstate communications, and faces up to five years in prison

The Guardian - US

Illinois man charged with hate crime in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy, attack on mom

Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of his mother Hanaan Shahin on Oct. 14.

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Landlord pleads not guilty to killing US Muslim boy, 6, and stabbing mother

Joseph Czuba charged with murder, attempted murder and hate crime in death of Wadea Al-Fayoume and wounding of his mother

Chicago Sun-Times

Plainfield man charged with killing Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, wounding mother pleads not guilty

Joseph Czuba, 71, stabbed a Palestinian American mother and her young son, killing the boy, after blaming them for the war in the Middle East because of their Muslim faith, according to state prosecutors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cops with ties to Oath Keepers are a ticking time bomb for Chicago

Police with extremist ties are a clear and present danger to normal society and responsible law enforcement, a Hyde Park letter writer says.

The Independent UK

Mother of Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death asks for ‘prayers for peace’

Hanaan Shahin, 32, was stabbed a dozen times in the vicious attack, allegedly carried out by her landlord Joseph Czuba

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Think before becoming the monster

The Israel-Palestine deadlock is not a situation either side can kill their way out of.

The Independent UK

Mother of slain American-Palestinian boy, 6, is released from hospital

Hanaan Shahin, 32, was stabbed a dozen times in the vicious attack on October 14

Chicago Sun-Times

Post-9/11 fears resurface for Chicago-area Arabs, Muslims in wake of war, rising hate crimes

Arab Americans worry about their safety amid the anger, fear and injustice they feel over Plainfield boy’s killing, threats toward Muslim schools and “harmful narratives” perpetuated by media and politicians: “We’ve seen this before.”

The Guardian - US

Chicago religious leaders urge peace after killing of six-year-old Muslim boy

Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders shook hands, talked and prayed together after killing of Wadea Al-Fayoume

The Guardian - US

President of a Detroit synagogue found stabbed outside her home

Michigan police are investigating a possible motive to the death of Samantha Woll as friends showed an outpouring of support

Chicago Sun-Times

I’m not surprised today’s corrosive talk radio allegedly led to murder of Palestinian American boy

Radio companies and hosts shouldn’t pander to the under-informed with lies and conspiracy theories, a veteran former radio host writes. Those who do should be held accountable, and so should their enablers and sponsors.

The Guardian - US

‘How do you support the occupier?’ Brooklyn’s Palestinians air frustration

In Bay Ridge, which has seen an influx of Palestinians in recent years, residents talk of ‘one-sided’ response to Israel-Hamas war

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