Violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
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Since 7 October 2023, numerous violent incidents prompted by the Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing Gaza war have been reported worldwide. They have accompanied a sharp increase in global antisemitism and Islamophobia, as well as anti-Israeli sentiment and anti-Palestinian sentiment or broader anti-Arab sentiment.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Why the Gaza War Has Sparked a Wave of Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the US |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/why-the-gaza-war-has-sparked-a-wave-of-antisemitism-and-islamophobia-in-the-us-/7358885.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Voice of America |language=en}} Other people and groups have also been targeted, such as the Sikhs,{{Cite web |last=Cineas |first=Fabiola |date=2023-10-31 |title="History repeating itself": How the Israel-Hamas war is fueling hate against Muslims and Jews |url=https://www.vox.com/23930119/hate-crimes-muslims-jews-palestinians-arabs-fear |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Vox |quote=The violence abroad has created violence and fear in the US for Palestinians and Muslims, and for Arabs in general, as well as people incorrectly perceived to be a member of those groups, including Sikhs. Sikh men, who grow long beards and wear turbans as part of their religion, Sikhism, sometimes get mistaken as Muslim and have faced anti-Muslim violence as a result.}} who are commonly mistaken to be Muslims by their attackers.{{Cite web |title=THE SEPTEMBER 11 BACKLASH |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/usahate/usa1102-04.htm |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Human Rights Watch}}{{Efn|Misidentification has become more common in the United States since the September 11 attacks in 2001.}}
Attacks against Jews and Israelis
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=United States=
On 25 October 2023, a man broke into a Jewish family's home in Los Angeles yelling "Free Palestine" and "Kill Jews".{{Cite web |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |date=2023-10-26 |title=LA break-in investigated as hate crime after intruder allegedly tells Jewish family he wants to kill Jews |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/10/26/united-states/la-break-in-investigated-as-hate-crime-after-intruder-allegedly-tells-jewish-family-he-wants-to-kill-jews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027014524/https://www.jta.org/2023/10/26/united-states/la-break-in-investigated-as-hate-crime-after-intruder-allegedly-tells-jewish-family-he-wants-to-kill-jews |archive-date=2023-10-27 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}
On 3 November 2023, CNN reported on the arrest of 20 year-old Jordanian national for plotting a terrorist attack against the Jewish community in Houston, Texas.{{Cite web |last1=Ebrahimji |first1=Alisha |last2=Miller |first2=John |last3=Shulman |first3=Sabrina |last4=Razek |first4=Raja |date=2023-11-02 |title=Jordanian arrested in Houston spoke about 'martyrdom,' made statements that support 'killing individuals of particular religious faith,' judge's order says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/us/sohaib-abuayyash-jordanian-arrested-houston/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104013945/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/us/sohaib-abuayyash-jordanian-arrested-houston/index.html |archive-date=2023-11-04 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=CNN |language=en}}
Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man, was fatally injured in a dispute between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators on November 5 in Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California. A suspect, Loay Alnaji, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery, with Kessler's blood found on his megaphone. Alnaji has pled not guilty, claiming self-defense.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/loay-alnaji-paul-kessler-death-will-stand-trial/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc | title=Man charged in death of Jewish protester in California will face trial | website=CNN | date=16 May 2024 }}
On 4 February 2024, a Palestinian migrant ripped two pro-Israel flags from a home in Hewlett, New York. When the homeowner confronted him and attempted to take back the flags, the man punched him and put him into a chokehold while yelling pro-Palestine phrases. When the homeowner could no longer fight back, the man stomped on the flags and stole them. The man was arrested later and charged with a hate crime.{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Pei-Sze |date=2024-02-07 |title=Man charged with hate crime after ripping down Israel flag, attacking Long Island homeowner: Police |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-with-hate-crime-after-ripping-down-israel-flag-attacking-long-island-homeowner-police/5112516/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gusoff |first=Carolyn |date=2024-02-06 |title=Hate crime charges filed against man who allegedly assaulted Long Island homeowner after stealing pro-Israeli flags |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hewlett-pro-israel-flags-stolen-homeowner-assaulted/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Palestinian migrant who arrived via Mexico allegedly beat homeowner over his support for Israel: video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/palestinian-migrant-who-came-mexico-beat-homeowner-over-support-israel-video.amp |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=FOX News}}
In February 2025 Noora Shalash, the former CAIR Kentucky Director, assaulted a visibly Jewish man in Manhattan while demanding Jihad and wishing ISIS to "kill all of you". When questioned on camera she cursed both Jews and Zionists. CAIR condemned the incident and noted the organization had not employed her for five years.{{cite news |title=US Woman's Shocking Antisemitic Rant: "Want To Kill All Of You" |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-womans-shocking-antisemitic-rant-want-to-kill-all-of-you-7663255 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=www.ndtv.com |language=en}}{{cite news |title='I Want ISIS To Kill All Of You': Ex-CAIR Official Noora Shalash Assaults, Abuses Jews In US |url=https://www.news18.com/world/noora-shalash-viral-video-jews-assault-antisemitic-remarks-manhattan-building-isis-jihad-cair-official-kentucky-9220292.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=News18 |language=en}}{{cite news |date=7 February 2025 |title=Who Is Noora Shalash? Alleged Video Of CAIR Kentucky's Top Official 'Assaulting' Jews Surfaces |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/who-is-noora-shalash-alleged-video-of-cair-kentuckys-top-official-assaulting-jews-at-midtown-manhattan-surfaces-article-118032173 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Times Now |language=en}}
On April 13, 2025, police arrested Cody Balmer for an arson attack against the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, while the Jewish Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were asleep on the first night of Passover. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo called the attack a hate crime, based on Balmer's statements of hatred for the governor over his support of Israel.{{Cite web |last=USA TODAY |date=2025-04-16 |title=Dauphin County DA calls arson attack on governor's mansion a hate crime: report |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/04/15/arson-suspect-cody-balmer-arraigned-in-fire-at-governors-mansion/83096261007/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=York Daily Record |language=}}{{Cite web |last1=Ciavaglia |first1=Jo |last2=Rodgers |first2=Bethany |date=2025-04-16 |title=Man who set fire to PA governor's mansion angry at Shapiro view on Gaza conflict: warrant |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/04/16/cody-balmer-josh-shapiro-arson-governors-mansion-911-pennsylvania-search-warrant-palestine-hate/83115485007/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=York Daily Record |language=}}
In May 2025, a shooting by a pro-Palestinian activist outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. resulted in the deaths of two Jewish people who worked as aides for the Israeli embassy.{{Cite news |date=May 21, 2025 |title=Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in Shooting Near Jewish Museum in Washington |url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-killed-in-shooting-near-jewish-museum-in-washington-3154646f |work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news |date=May 22, 2025 |title=2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC; suspect from Chicago |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/05/21/2-staff-members-of-israeli-embassy-killed-in-shooting-near-jewish-museum-in-dc |access-date=May 22, 2025 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |agency=Associated Press}}
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On 18 October 2023 two Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue in the Mitte neighborhood of central Berlin. One person was arrested.{{Cite news |date=18 October 2023 |title=Germany's Scholz vows action after Molotovs thrown at synagogue |language=en-US |work=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231018-germany-s-scholz-vows-action-after-molotovs-thrown-at-synagogue |access-date=18 October 2023 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018235639/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231018-germany-s-scholz-vows-action-after-molotovs-thrown-at-synagogue |url-status=live }} On 21 October an explosive device was detonated near the Israeli embassy in Cyprus, four men of Syrian origin were detained.{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cyprus-police-arrest-4-people-after-small-explosion-104192416 |title=(AP via ABC News) |website=ABC News |access-date=2023-10-22 |archive-date=2023-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022102825/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cyprus-police-arrest-4-people-after-small-explosion-104192416 |url-status=live }}
On 4 November 2023, a Jewish woman was stabbed in Lyon, France and a swastika was graffitied on her home.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-04 |title=French police hunt suspect in stabbing of Jewish woman |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-police-hunt-suspect-stabbing-jewish-woman-2023-11-04/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104192820/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-police-hunt-suspect-stabbing-jewish-woman-2023-11-04/ |archive-date=2023-11-04}}
On 11 December 2023, a 16-year-old was arrested by Austrian police for planning to attack a synagogue in Vienna.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Austrian authorities arrest 16-year-old for planning synagogue attack |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-777603 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}
On 31 January 2024, a potentially dangerous device was found near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, prompting a large evacuation in the surrounding area. The incident was investigated by the national bomb squad.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Suspicious object found near Israeli embassy in Sweden |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-784507 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}
In France, sites vandalized include schools, nurseries, and The Wall of the Righteous, a memorial that honors individuals who saved Jews during the Nazi occupation of France.{{Cite web |title=Paris mayor decries vandalism of a memorial honoring people who rescued Jews in World War II |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/paris-mayor-decries-vandalism-memorial-honoring-people-rescued-110206605 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=ABC News |language=en}} The incident was described as antisemitic by French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France Yonathan Arfi, and the Union of Jewish Students in France.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=Paris Holocaust memorial hit with red hand graffiti |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240514-paris-holocaust-memorial-hit-with-red-hand-graffiti |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=France 24 |language=en}} On 17 May 2024, a synagogue in Rouen was set on fire by an Algerian arsonist, damaging the synagogue significantly.{{Cite news |last=Breeden |first=Aurelien |date=2024-05-17 |title=French Police Shoot and Kill Man Who Set Fire to Synagogue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/world/europe/france-synagogue-fire-man-shot.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Rouen: Man shot dead after French synagogue set on fire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3g8kl8dd5o |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.bbc.com |date=17 May 2024 |language=en-GB}}
On March 2, 2024, an Orthodox Jew was stabbed by a 15-year old in Zürich, Switzerland.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-03 |title=Teenager arrested by Swiss police on suspicion of stabbing an Orthodox Jewish man |url=https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-orthodox-jew-attacked-f30f0dc398f55c636ea5db7e4296eb9d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303092145/https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-orthodox-jew-attacked-f30f0dc398f55c636ea5db7e4296eb9d |archive-date=2024-03-03 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Associated Press}} The teen later said that he was doing the attack on behalf of Al-Aqsa, alluding to Jihadist concepts.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-03 |title=Orthodox Jewish man stabbed in Switzerland, police probe antisemitic attack |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789907 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303035247/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789907 |archive-date=2024-03-03 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=The Jerusalem Post}}
On 3 June 2024, a suspect of foreign nationality was detained in Romania after throwing Molotov cocktail outside Israeli embassy in Bucharest which caused no damage and casualties. According to the embassy he was of Syrian origin and allegedly threatened to ignite himself.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Man detained in Romania's capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-embassy-bucharest-attack-bb56fb3e1b48b0e76e55da12904b9400 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}
On 4 July 2024, Greek anti-terrorism police arrest seven people, including foreign nationals, over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title= Greece arrests 7 over arson attacks on synagogue, Israeli-owned hotel|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-arrests-7-over-arson-attacks-synagogue-israeli-owned-hotel-2024-07-04/|access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Reuters |language=en}}
On 6 and 7 November 2024, Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club were attacked by pro-Palestinian protesters and Amsterdam residents in a series of riots.{{cite news |last1=Yosef |first1=Eugenia |last2=Szekeres |first2=Edward |last3=Kent |first3=Lauren |last4=Tanno |first4=Sophie |date=8 November 2024 |title=Amsterdam bans protests for three days following violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/israel-soccer-fans-attacked-amsterdam-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116160735/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/israel-soccer-fans-attacked-amsterdam-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=16 January 2025 |access-date=8 November 2024 |publisher=CNN International}} In total, up to 30 people were injured, seven of whom were hospitalized, and 62 people were arrested.{{cite news |last1=Boztas |first1=Senay |last2=Burke |first2=Jason |last3=Rankin |first3=Jennifer |date=8 November 2024 |title=Amsterdam police arrest more than 60 people after attacks on Israeli football fans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/israel-sends-rescue-planes-football-fans-reportedly-attacked-amsterdam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222204009/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/israel-sends-rescue-planes-football-fans-reportedly-attacked-amsterdam |archive-date=22 February 2025 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |location=Amsterdam; Jerusalem}}{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Loveday |last2=Kelly |first2=Meg |last3=Piper |first3=Imogen |last4=Mekhennet |first4=Souad |last5=Ryckewaert |first5=Koba |date=18 December 2024 |title=How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/18/amsterdam-attacks-israeli-football-fans/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221150451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/18/amsterdam-attacks-israeli-football-fans/ |archive-date=21 December 2024 |access-date=9 April 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel described the violence as a pogrom,{{cite news |last1=Perets |first1=Shir |last2=Heller |first2=Mathilda |last3=Greyman-Kennard |first3=Danielle |date=8 November 2024 |title='We were ambushed': Pogrom in Amsterdam wounds several |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-828103 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329205241/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-828103 |archive-date=29 March 2025 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}{{cite news |date=8 November 2024 |title='They came in masses,' 'attacked us all': Maccabi Tel Aviv fans describe Amsterdam horrors |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/they-came-in-masses-attacked-us-all-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-describe-amsterdam-horrors/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207115029/https://www.timesofisrael.com/they-came-in-masses-attacked-us-all-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-describe-amsterdam-horrors/ |archive-date=7 December 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}} and the Israeli government sent emergency flights to evacuate its citizens.{{cite news |last1=Heller |first1=Mathilda |last2=Barsky |first2=Anna |last3=Cohen |first3=Moshe |last4=Sharabi |first4=Meital |date=8 November 2024 |title=El Al rescue flights to Amsterdam to operate on Shabbat, trauma response units activate |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-828149 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110205028/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-828149 |archive-date=10 January 2025 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post}} In a statement she has since retracted,{{cite news |date=18 November 2024 |title=Amsterdam mayor regrets use of word 'pogrom' to describe attacks on Israelis |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/amsterdam-mayor-regrets-use-of-word-pogrom-to-describe-attacks-on-israelis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212213450/https://www.timesofisrael.com/amsterdam-mayor-regrets-use-of-word-pogrom-to-describe-attacks-on-israelis/ |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=The Times of Israel}} Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema referred to the attackers as "antisemitic hit-and-run squads".{{cite news |last1=Deutsch |first1=Anthony |last2=Meijer |first2=Bart H. |date=8 November 2024 |title=Amsterdam bans protests after 'antisemitic squads' attack Israeli soccer fans |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/israels-pm-aware-very-violent-incident-against-israelis-amsterdam-his-office-2024-11-08/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206054411/https://www.reuters.com/world/israels-pm-aware-very-violent-incident-against-israelis-amsterdam-his-office-2024-11-08/ |archive-date=6 December 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024 |publisher=Reuters |location=Amsterdam}} Some Israeli and Jewish figures, including US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt,{{cite news |date=8 November 2024 |title=US antisemitism envoy: Attacks in Amsterdam 'terribly reminiscent of classic pogrom' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-antisemitism-envoy-attacks-in-amsterdam-terribly-reminiscent-of-classic-pogrom/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207183614/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-antisemitism-envoy-attacks-in-amsterdam-terribly-reminiscent-of-classic-pogrom/ |archive-date=7 December 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}} compared the event to the 1938 {{lang|de|Kristallnacht}} pogrom in Nazi Germany.{{cite news |last1=Heller |first1=Mathilda |last2=Greyman-Kennard |first2=Danielle |date=8 November 2024 |title='A new Kristallnacht': Jewish, Israeli figures express horror over Amsterdam pogrom |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-828131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122113557/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-828131 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}
On 16 February 2025, two Palestinian men attacked an Israeli couple in Athens after hearing them speak Hebrew and seeing their Star of David necklaces, resulting in one of the victims being stabbed on his forehead.{{Cite web |title=Israeli tourists attacked in Athens for speaking Hebrew, wearing Star of David |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tourists-said-attacked-in-athens-for-speaking-hebrew-wearing-star-of-david/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US}}
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On 7 November, there was an attempted arson attack against Congregation Beth Tikvah synagogue and a Jewish Community Center in Montreal.{{Cite web |last=Média |first=Bell |date=7 November 2023 |title=Jewish community 'outraged' after suspected arsons at Montreal-area synagogue, institution |url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/purecountry/bc-north/jewish-community-outraged-after-suspected-arsons-at-montreal-area-synagogue-institution-1.20513852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108201344/https://www.iheartradio.ca/purecountry/bc-north/jewish-community-outraged-after-suspected-arsons-at-montreal-area-synagogue-institution-1.20513852 |archive-date=2023-11-08 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.iheartradio.ca |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Patrick |date=2023-11-08 |title=Synagogue and Jewish community center in Montreal hit by attempted firebomb attack |url=https://www.aol.com/news/synagogue-jewish-community-center-montreal-112147005.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109023623/https://tag.idsync.analytics.yahoo.com/sp-frame.html?referrer=https%3A//opus.analytics.yahoo.com/tag/opus-frame.html%3Freferrer%3Dhttps%3A//www.aol.com/news/synagogue-jewish-community-center-montreal-112147005.html%26tbla_id%3Ddc960c69-9815-44b5-93af-d28fa1e31e70-tuctc45cb27%26gam_id%3Dy-GXDmPzJE2uLpZQcqtHWmUCyn04Km9t8q%7EA%26axids%3Dgam%3Dy-GXDmPzJE2uLpZQcqtHWmUCyn04Km9t8q%7EA%26dv360%3DeS1hMVFmYTdsRTJ1RXllMmRiTnk5bm9sX1NqeS5CVkJYS35B%26gdpr%3Dfalse%26gdpr_consent%3D%26gpp%3DDBABBg%7EBVoIgACA.QA%26gpp_sid%3D8%26us_privacy%3D1YNN%26reset_idsync%3D1 |archive-date=2023-11-09 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.aol.com |language=en-US}}
On 9 November in Montreal, two Jewish children's schools, Talmud Torah Elementary and Yeshiva Gedola, were targeted with gunfire overnight, leaving bullet holes.{{Cite news |date=9 November 2023 |title=Parents shaken as they pick up kids at Montreal Jewish school targeted by gunfire |work=Montreal Gazette |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/parents-shaken-as-they-pick-up-kids-at-montreal-jewish-school-targeted-by-gunfire}}{{Cite news |date=9 November 2023 |title=Police investigating shots fired overnight at 2 Jewish schools in Montreal |publisher=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jewish-schools-doors-shot-1.7023759}} On 12 November, Yeshiva Gedola was struck with gunfire for a second time. In a press conference that day, Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said, "The Jewish community in Montreal is currently under attack."{{Cite web |title=Montreal Jewish school targeted in shooting for 2nd time in less than a week, police say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/montreal-jewish-school-targeted-shooting-2nd-time-week/story?id=104832890 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
Shortly after midnight on 27 November, a Jewish community center belonging to the Jewish Community Council of Montreal was attacked with a Molotov cocktail.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-27 |title=Jewish centre hit by Molotov cocktail, school target of graffiti |url=https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/11/27/jewish-institution-hit-by-molotov-cocktail-school-target-of-graffiti/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=CityNews Montreal}}
=Russia=
{{main|2023 antisemitic riots in the North Caucasus}}
Since 28 October, a wave of antisemitic attacks occurred in the North Caucasus region of Russia.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crowd-storms-russian-airport-to-protest-flight-from-israel-antisemitic-riot/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}
= Middle East and North Africa =
On 8 October, a police officer fired his gun into a group of bus passengers in Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite web |date=8 October 2023 |title=Two Israelis, one Egyptian shot dead in Alexandria - Foreign Min. |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-764216 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=Jerusalem Post |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009011423/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-764216 |url-status=live }} The attack occurred during a trip past Pompey's Pillar.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-08 |title=Two Israeli tourists and local guide shot dead in Egypt, Israel says |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046394 |access-date=2023-10-08 |archive-date=2023-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008120503/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046394 |url-status=live }} Two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian tour guide were killed, while another Israeli was moderately wounded.{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Lazar |date=8 October 2023 |title=Two Israeli tourists killed in shooting attack at Egyptian tourist site |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-israeli-tourists-killed-in-shooting-attack-at-egyptian-tourist-site/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008151707/https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-israeli-tourists-killed-in-shooting-attack-at-egyptian-tourist-site/ |url-status=live }} The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.{{Cite web |date=8 October 2023 |title=Policeman shoots dead two Israelis at Egyptian tourist site in Alexandria |url=https://news.sky.com/story/policeman-shoots-dead-two-israelis-at-egyptian-tourist-site-in-alexandria-local-media-12979928 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008094910/https://news.sky.com/story/policeman-shoots-dead-two-israelis-at-egyptian-tourist-site-in-alexandria-local-media-12979928 |url-status=live }}
On 17 October the El Hamma synagogue in El Hamma, Tunisia, a historic synagogue and the burial site of 16th-century Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ma'aravi, was severely damaged during anti-Israel riots, with hundreds of people filmed setting fire to the building.[https://themessenger.com/news/tunisian-historic-synagogue-damaged-heavily-in-anti-israel-riots Historic Tunisian Synagogue Damaged Heavily in Anti-Israel Riots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019170614/https://themessenger.com/news/tunisian-historic-synagogue-damaged-heavily-in-anti-israel-riots |date=2023-10-19 }}. The Messenger[https://www.timesofisrael.com/historic-synagogue-in-tunisia-heavily-damaged-in-rioting-tied-to-israel-hamas-war/ Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in rioting tied to Israel-Hamas war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019201309/https://www.timesofisrael.com/historic-synagogue-in-tunisia-heavily-damaged-in-rioting-tied-to-israel-hamas-war/ |date=2023-10-19 }}. Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 October 2023.[https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/18/rioters-burn-down-synagogue-in-tunisia/ Rioters Burn Down Synagogue in Tunisia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020002111/https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/18/rioters-burn-down-synagogue-in-tunisia/ |date=2023-10-20 }}. Algemeiner Journal. Retrieved 19 October 2023. On the same day, the Or Zaruah synagogue in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, was attacked by a mob chanting "murderous Israel" while waving Palestinian flags.[https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/18/mob-attacks-synagogue-in-spain-reports/ Mob Attacks Synagogue in Spanish Territory: Reports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019170556/https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/18/mob-attacks-synagogue-in-spain-reports/ |date=2023-10-19 }}. Algemeiner Journal. Retrieved 19 October 2023.[https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2023/10/19/653055c2e9cf4a9d518b45c1.html Manifestantes pro Palestina protestan frente a la principal sinagoga de Melilla y el presidente pide que los conflictos exteriores no afecten a la convivencia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019170612/https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2023/10/19/653055c2e9cf4a9d518b45c1.html |date=2023-10-19 }}. El Mundo[https://www.eldebate.com/espana/20231019/manifestantes-propalestinos-asedian-sinagoga-melilla-grito-israel-asesino_147494.html Manifestantes propalestinos asedian una sinagoga en Melilla al grito de «Israel, asesino»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020052147/https://www.eldebate.com/espana/20231019/manifestantes-propalestinos-asedian-sinagoga-melilla-grito-israel-asesino_147494.html |date=2023-10-20 }}. El Debate. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
On 7 May 2024, Israeli-Canadian businessman Ziv Kipper, head of Egyptian food exporter OK Group, was fatally shot in Alexandria by a group named "Vanguards of Liberation - the Martyr Mohammad Salah group," a reference to the Egyptian police officer who fatally shot three Israeli soldiers. The group, who described Kipper as a Mossad agent, said the murder was in retaliation to "massacres in Gaza" and the Rafah offensive.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Egypt probes shooting of Israeli-Canadian businessman |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03dy0w72r6o |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}{{Cite news |date=8 May 2024 |title=Canadian-Israeli man shot dead in Egypt; claim links killing to Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/canadian-man-shot-dead-egypt-says-security-source-2024-05-08/ |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite news |date=8 May 2024 |title=Suspect said held in slaying of Israeli businessman in Egypt as terror motive denied |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspect-said-held-in-slaying-of-israeli-businessman-in-egypt-as-terror-motive-denied/amp/ |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}
=East Asia=
On 13 October an Israeli diplomat was stabbed in Beijing, China,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Beijing Chabad shuts down temporarily after Israeli diplomat stabbed |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/beijing-chabad-shuts-down-temporarily-after-israeli-diplomat-stabbed-13244972.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013183108/https://www.firstpost.com/world/beijing-chabad-shuts-down-temporarily-after-israeli-diplomat-stabbed-13244972.html |url-status=live }} for which a foreign suspect was arrested.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=2023-10-13 |title=An employee at Israeli Embassy in China is stabbed. A foreign suspect has been detained. |url=https://kesq.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/10/13/an-employee-at-israeli-embassy-in-china-is-stabbed-a-foreign-suspect-has-been-detained/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=KESQ |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220616/https://kesq.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/10/13/an-employee-at-israeli-embassy-in-china-is-stabbed-a-foreign-suspect-has-been-detained/ |url-status=live }}
=Latin America=
On 8 November 2023, two men were arrested by Brazilian police in São Paulo following a warning from the Mossad that Hezbollah was planning an attack against the country's Jewish community. Searches were also conducted in Brasília and Minas Gerais in connection with the alleged plot.{{Cite web |date=9 November 2023 |title=Suspects held over alleged Hezbollah plot in Brazil |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67367483 |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=BBC}}
Attacks against Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims
{{See also|Anti-Palestinianism during the Gaza war|Islamophobia during the Gaza war}}
=United States=
==Midwest==
{{further|Murder of Wadea al-Fayoume}}
Outside Chicago, Illinois, 71-year-old landlord Joseph Czuba yelled, "You Muslims must die" stabbed a 32-year-old female Palestinian-American tenant, seriously injuring her, and stabbed her six-year-old son 26 times to death. Czuba targeted the family because they were Muslim, and he was upset about the conflict.{{Cite news |last=Trotta |first=Daniel |date=15 October 2023 |title=Illinois man charged with hate crime in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/illinois-man-charged-with-hate-crime-fatal-stabbing-muslim-boy-2023-10-15/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220132/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/illinois-man-charged-with-hate-crime-fatal-stabbing-muslim-boy-2023-10-15/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Perez |first=Adriana |date=15 October 2023 |title=Police: Plainfield man charged with killing boy over Mideast conflict |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-6-year-old-stabbed-plainfield-muslim-hate-crime-20231015-ijzqnex7u5ahzc4jnt5wsmyzwy-story.html |access-date=15 October 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Johnny |last2=Smith |first2=Mitch |last3=Chiarito |first3=Robert |date=15 October 2023 |title=6-Year-Old Boy Fatally Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack, Authorities Say |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/muslim-boy-stabbed-landlord-chicago.html |access-date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015211958/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/muslim-boy-stabbed-landlord-chicago.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=26 October 2023 |title=Exclusive: Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime speaks out |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wadea-al-fayoume-mother-interview/story?id=104290632 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102010730/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wadea-al-fayoume-mother-interview/story?id=104290632 |archive-date=2023-11-02 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Bowman |first=Emma |date=16 October 2023 |title=The fatal stabbing of American boy is being investigated as hate crime |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/15/1206046190/boy-killed-anti-muslim-attack-illinois |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031235501/https://www.npr.org/2023/10/15/1206046190/boy-killed-anti-muslim-attack-illinois |archive-date=31 October 2023}} In 2025, Czuba was convicted of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, and two hate crimes charges, and sentenced to 53 years in prison.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-02 |title=Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and wounding his mother |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-man-sentenced-life-hate-crime-killing-rcna204409 |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
On October 19, a man in Dearborn, Michigan was arrested by local police after posting on Facebook a credible threat proposing acts of violence against Palestinian-Americans in Dearborn, which has the largest population of Arab Americans in the United States. The man had posted an open invitation to "hunt Palestinians" and claimed to be part of a Jewish group protecting Israel.{{Cite web |last=Oosting |first=Jonathan |date=October 13, 2023 |title=Amid Gaza war, Dearborn police arrest man for threat to 'hunt Palestinians' {{!}} Bridge Michigan |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/amid-gaza-war-dearborn-police-arrest-man-threat-hunt-palestinians |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.bridgemi.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020185523/https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/amid-gaza-war-dearborn-police-arrest-man-threat-hunt-palestinians |url-status=live }}
In October 2024, a 7-year-old Yemeni American girl was stabbed in the neck at a park in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web |last1=Neammanee |first1=Pocharapon |title=Man Accused Of Slashing 7-Year-Old's Neck; Advocacy Group Calls For Hate Crime Probe |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/advocacy-group-alleged-hate-crime-man-accused-slashing-7-year-old-neck_n_670a85cfe4b04266ae8512b6 |website=HuffPost |date=12 October 2024 |access-date=14 October 2024}} The alleged perpetrator's family stated they believed he was experiencing a mental health episode, and the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office stated it did not have evidence that the incident was a hate crime. The victim's mother, however, stated she believed the stabbing was a possible hate crime.{{cite web |last1=Ortega |first1=Veronica |title=Mother of 7-year-old girl attacked with knife in Detroit speaks out: "Why her?" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/mother-of-7-year-old-attacked-in-detroit-speaks-out/ |website=CBS News |date=11 October 2024 |access-date=14 October 2024}} According to the family, the girl and her grandmother were the only Arabs in the park at the time of the attack.{{cite web |last1=Reinhart |first1=Max |title=Group calls for hate-crime charge after neck of 7-year-old girl slashed in public park |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2024/10/14/group-calls-for-hate-crime-charge-after-girl-7-slashed-in-park/75678505007/ |website=The Detroit News |access-date=31 October 2024}} The Council of American Islamic Relations and Arab-American Civil Rights League both called on the incident to be investigated as a hate crime.{{cite web |last1=Alsharif |first1=Mirna |title=Man accused of slashing 7-year-old girl's neck at a Detroit park |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-slashing-7-year-old-girls-neck-detroit-park-rcna175083 |website=NBC News |date=11 October 2024 |access-date=14 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Ortega |first1=Veronica |title=Arab-American Civil Rights League calls for justice after 7-year-old girl is attacked with knife |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/family-calls-for-justice-7-year-old-attacked-in-detroit/ |website=CBS News |date=14 October 2024 |access-date=31 October 2024}}
==West==
The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles called for an investigation to be opened by the University of California, Los Angeles after a group of men entered a space used by students watching a webinar of an ongoing panel titled "The Crisis in Palestine". The men reportedly damaged students property, verbally assaulted them calling them "terrorists" and physically threatening them before campus security removed them from the area. One of the group was allegedly spotted later at a on-campus vigil for Israel.{{Cite web |last=Allison |first=Ismail |date=17 October 2023 |title=CAIR-LA Condemns Attacks Against Pro-Palestine UCLA Students, Calls for Investigation and Ban by School |url=https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-la-condemns-attacks-against-pro-palestine-ucla-students-calls-for-investigation-and-ban-by-school/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=CAIR |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022203653/https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-la-condemns-attacks-against-pro-palestine-ucla-students-calls-for-investigation-and-ban-by-school/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Arshad |first=Minnah |date=19 October 2023 |title=Battle against hate: Violence, bigotry toward Palestinian Americans spiking across US |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/19/palestinians-us-assaults-rise-war/71211197007/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019102156/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/19/palestinians-us-assaults-rise-war/71211197007/ |url-status=live }}
On 4 November, an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University in California was hit by car driven by a white man who yelled, "fuck you and your people." The incident was investigated as a hate crime.{{cite web |last1=Yang |first1=Anna |date=4 November 2023 |title=Hit-and-run injures Arab Muslim student, incident under investigation as hate crime |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2023/11/04/hit-and-run-injures-arab-muslim-student-incident-under-investigation-as-hate-crime/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=The Stanford Daily}}
==East==
{{further|2023 shooting of Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont}}
Chapters of CAIR have reported other instances of Islamophobia since the war began with two alleged assaults' in Brooklyn, New York City and an individual who pointed a gun at pro-Palestine demonstrators outside of the Pennsylvania state capitol.{{Cite magazine |last=Shah |first=Simmone |date=2023-10-18 |title=The Israel-Hamas War is Leading to an Uptick in Hate Crimes |url=https://time.com/6324995/muslim-jewish-hate-crimes-israel-hamas-war/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |magazine=TIME |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019000356/https://time.com/6324995/muslim-jewish-hate-crimes-israel-hamas-war/ |url-status=live }} On October 28, a Princeton University staff member who took issue with a message assaulted a student at a protest.{{Cite web |last=Rupertus |first=Annie |date=2023-10-31 |title=Princeton staff member assaults student at pro-Palestine protest in town |url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2023/10/princeton-news-broadfocus-palestine-protest-assault-staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101071557/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2023/10/princeton-news-broadfocus-palestine-protest-assault-staff |archive-date=2023-11-01 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Princetonian |language=en-US}}
On 25 November, three Palestinian college students from Brown University, Haverford College, and Trinity College in Burlington, Vermont were confronted and shot and wounded by a white man, leaving one of the students in critical condition.{{cite web |last1=Tebor |first1=Celina |last2=Sottile |first2=Zoe |title=3 Palestinian college students shot in Vermont |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/26/us/palestinian-students-shot-burlington-vermont/index.html |website=CNN |date=26 November 2023 |access-date=26 November 2023}}
On 4 January 2024, an imam in New Jersey was killed.{{cite web |title=Imam killed outside New Jersey mosque in US, attacker remains at large: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/4/israel-hamas-war-live-bloody-day-for-hezbollah-tensions-with-israel-soar |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} On 19 January 2024, Columbia University students reported that a hazardous chemical was sprayed at or near student protesters, while a pro-Palestinian divestment now rally was held. At least ten protestors reported physical symptoms with three seeking medical attention. The substance was identified by some protestors as Skunk, manufactured by the Israeli firm Odortec and has been used against demonstrators in the West Bank.{{Cite web |last=Mendell |first=Chris |date=January 22, 2024 |title=Protesters allegedly sprayed with hazardous chemical at pro-Palestinian rally, nearly two dozen report |url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/01/22/protesters-allegedly-sprayed-with-hazardous-chemical-at-pro-palestinian-rally-nearly-two-dozen-report/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}
In October 2024, 23-year-old Jennifer Guilbeault was indicted for second-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault as a hate crime, and second-degree aggravated harassment for a unprovoked attack with pepper spray on a Muslim Uber driver on the Upper East Side in New York City.{{cite news |last1=Nguyen |first1=Thao |title=Woman charged with hate crimes in July pepper spraying of Muslim Uber driver |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-july-pepper-spraying-of-muslim-uber-driver/ar-AA1tbtuV |work=MSN |access-date=1 November 2024}} In April 2025 Guilbeault pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge and was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and ordered to take a bias training course.{{Cite web |date=April 23, 2025 |author=Diana Bradley |title=Former PR agency employee pleads guilty to misdemeanor harassment after Uber driver attack |url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1915166/former-pr-agency-employee-pleads-guilty-misdemeanor-harassment-uber-driver-attack |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=PR Week |language=en}} In Brooklyn, a group of unknown individuals were being investigated after they made anti-Palestinian comments toward a couple and punched them in the face multiple times.{{cite news |title=Police seek group in anti-Palestine attack |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/10/31/police-seek-group-in-anti-palestine-attack/ |newspaper=Brooklyn Eagle |access-date=2 November 2024}}
==South==
In February 2024, a 23-year-old Palestinian-American man was stabbed after attending a pro-Palestinian rally in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |last1=Andone |first1=Dakin |title=Muslim advocacy group urges hate crime charges against suspect accused of stabbing Palestinian American |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/us/austin-stabbing-palestinian-american-cair/index.html |website=CNN |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=7 February 2024}} Police called the stabbing a potential "bias-motivated incident".{{cite web |title=Texas police investigating stabbing of Palestinian man as possible bias crime |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-staggering-destruction-in-north-gaza-unrwa?update=2684821 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=7 February 2024}} In a statement relayed by his father, the young man stated, "Mr. President, Mr. Joe Biden, I blame you for what happened to me."{{cite web |last1=Blanco |first1=Andrea |title=Victim of 'anti-Palestine stabbing' sends stark message to Biden |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/hate-crime-stabbing-austin-palestine-b2491703.html |website=The Independent |access-date=7 February 2024}} The stabbing was deemed a hate crime.{{cite web |title=Stabbing of Palestinian American in Texas meets hate crime standard: US police |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-says-space-for-truce-deal-israel-vows-war?update=2689574 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 February 2024}}
In June 23, 2024, a Jewish woman named Elizabeth Wolf in Euless, Texas attempted to drown a 3-year-old Muslim Palestinian child after making racist statements to the child's mother.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-23 |title=Texas woman arrested, accused of trying to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-woman-arrested-allegedly-attempting-drown-3-year-old-palestinian-rcna158473 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Thao |title=Woman tried to drown 3-year-old girl after making racist comments, civil rights group says |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/23/texas-cair-hate-crime-muslim-child/74187592007/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Ynet |date=2024-06-23 |title=Jewish American woman charged with attempted murder of Palestinian toddler |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bj02iosur |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}} She is currently out on a $25,000 bond for attempted capital murder and $15,000 for injury of the child.{{Cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Sarah |last2=Bernal |first2=Camila |last3=Elassar |first3=Alaa |date=2024-06-22 |title=A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old Muslim child in possible hate crime incident |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/22/us/texas-woman-drown-child-muslim-palestinian/index.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=CNN |language=en}} The representative for Euless, Salman Bhojani - who is Muslim himself - condemned the incident, saying "Hate has no place in Euless, District 92, or anywhere in our great state".
On 15 February 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida, a 27-year-old Jewish man, Mordechai Brafman, was arrested after he opened fire upon a vehicle carrying two people who he mistakenly thought were Palestinians. According to the arrest report, while in custody, Brafman, a supporter of Israel, made a statement claiming, "While driving my truck, I saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both." In fact, the victims were both Israelis, and their injuries were not life-threatening.{{cite news |last=Geisel |first=Hunter |date=17 February 2025 |title=Man accused of opening fire on vehicle in Miami Beach after he saw 2 men in it he thought were Palestinians, arrest documents say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-beach-shooting-attempted-murder-palestinians/ |work=CBS News}}{{cite news |date=17 February 2025 |title=Pro-Israel gunman in Florida shoots 2 Israelis, mistaking them for Palestinians |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-pro-israel-gunman-in-florida-shoots-2-israelis-mistaking-them-for-palestinians/ |work=Middle East Monitor}}
=Australia=
A homeowner in Sydney was threatened with a bomb attached to his car after flying a Palestinian flag in front of his home.{{cite web |last1=Saunokonoko |first1=Mark |title=Sydney homeowner threatened with car bomb for flying Palestine flag |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/palestine-flag-car-bomb-nsw-police-hunt-for-person-who-made-sinister-device/ffb48310-3e27-4a81-8880-31347ee92a6d |website=Nine News |date=8 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024}} The man responsible, David Maurice Wice, to charges of leaving or sending a substance/article to create false belief danger, stalking and intimidating, entering inclosed land without lawful excuse, and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail with a non-parole perioud of three months, plus two years of community corrections.{{Cite news |last=Rachwani |first=Mostafa |date=2024-05-07 |title=Sydney man sentenced to 12 months in jail after planting homemade bomb outside pro-Palestinian's house |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/sydney-man-sentenced-to-12-months-in-jail-after-planting-homemade-bomb-outside-pro-palestinians-house |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Self-inflicted violence
On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old serviceman of the United States Air Force, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to the live-streamed act, Bushnell said that he was protesting against "what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers" and declared that he "will no longer be complicit in genocide", after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire.{{cite magazine |last=Assi |first=Seraj |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Aaron Bushnell Refused to Be Silent on the Horrors in Gaza |url=https://jacobin.com/2024/02/aaron-bushnell-self-immolation-israel-embassy-gaza |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226214246/https://jacobin.com/2024/02/aaron-bushnell-self-immolation-israel-embassy-gaza |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |magazine=Jacobin}} As he burned, Bushnell repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine" while one Secret Service officer pointed a gun at him and two others attempted to extinguish him.{{cite news |last=Kavi |first=Aishvarya |date=February 25, 2024 |title=A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the police said. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-embassy-man-on-fire.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225234815/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-embassy-man-on-fire.html |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite magazine |last=Guzman |first=Chad de |date=February 25, 2024 |title=U.S. Air Force Member Sets Self on Fire Outside Israel's Embassy in D.C. to Protest War in Gaza |url=https://time.com/6821425/israel-embassy-air-force-protest-fire-self-immolation-aaron-bushnell-latest-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226053631/https://time.com/6821425/israel-embassy-air-force-protest-fire-self-immolation-aaron-bushnell-latest-updates/ |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |magazine=Time}}
See also
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