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College working with police to find out if assault was a hate crime
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Victims embrace former Israeli forces member, attackers fled on foot
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Chicago Fee experiences rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2024
By Daniel Trotta
Nov 7 – Masked males attacked two college students who have been demonstrating in help of Israel at Chicago’s DePaul College on Wednesday, leading to minor accidents and elevating concern about potential antisemitism on the Catholic campus.
The college mentioned it was working with Chicago police to find out if the assault was a hate crime. Violence in opposition to Jewish and Palestinian People has surged throughout the nation within the 13 months for the reason that militant group Hamas attacked Israeli and Israel’s subsequent assault on Hamas-governed Gaza.
One of many victims was a former member of the Israel Protection Forces who was sporting an indication figuring out him as such and welcoming dialog, mentioned Josh Weiner, a co-founder of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, who mentioned he is aware of each victims and had spoken with them for the reason that incident.
College President Robert Manuel mentioned the scholars obtained minor accidents and declined medical remedy. “We’re outraged that this occurred on our campus,” he mentioned.
“We acknowledge that for a good portion of our Jewish neighborhood, Israel is a core a part of their Jewish identification. These college students – and each pupil – ought to really feel protected on our college campus,” Manuel mentioned in a letter to college, workers and college students.
Chicago police recognized the victims as two males, ages 21 and 27, and mentioned two male offenders struck the 27-year-old concerning the face and physique and pushed the 21-year-old to the bottom then fled on foot. Weiner mentioned the scholars have been standing close to the scholar middle simply off campus property.
Detectives have been investigating however there was no point out of hate crime in a short press assertion issued by police. The Chicago Fee on Human Relations reported 50 anti-Jewish hate crimes within the metropolis within the first half of 2024, equal to the quantity in all of 2023, whereas discovering the variety of assaults in opposition to Muslims and Arabs was down.
Town was rocked by the Oct. 26 taking pictures of 39-year-old Jewish man sporting a spiritual skullcap as he walked to synagogue. Police have charged a 22-year-old suspect with terrorism, hate crime and tried homicide in what they referred to as an unprovoked assault.
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