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Following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, there has been a surge of anti-Palestinianism, anti-Arab racism, and Islamophobia around the world. Palestinians have expressed concerns over increased anti-Palestinianism in mass media and anti-Palestinian hate crimes.

Asia

Bahrain

In October 2023, a doctor of Indian descent in Bahrain was fired from the Royal Bahrain Hospital for anti-Palestinian tweets that were deemed "offensive to our society" by the hospital.

India

A large amount of anti-Palestinian, Islamophobic, and pro-Israeli propaganda and disinformation has come from India during the war. Anti-Palestinian disinformation from India often comes from supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Palestine

• Israeli settler violence in the West Bank escalated during the war.

Europe

France

The interior minister of France ordered local authorities to ban all pro-Palestinian protests. French journalist Alain Gresh has said that Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party has a "very strong anti-Palestinian position".

United Kingdom

Since the war, Islamophobic hate crimes increased by 140% in London. According to British journalists Peter Oborne and Imran Mulla, "Britain has experienced an epidemic of almost unchallenged anti-Palestinian racism and anti-Muslim bigotry" since the war began. Oborne and Mulla have accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman for being "inexcusably silent" on anti-Palestinianism and Islamophobia.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman stated that waving Palestinian flags in public "may not be legitimate".

North America

United States

According to advocates in the tri-state area, Palestinian Americans and Muslim Americans in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut have experienced an increase in verbal and physical attacks since the war began.

On October 14, 2023, a six year old Palestinian-American boy named Wadea Al-Fayoume was murdered in Illinois. The boy's mother was also choked and stabbed. The attacker, the family's landlord, allegedly shouted "You Muslims must die" during the attack. The incident is being regarded by Illinois authorities as an anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic hate crime.

In October 2023, a group of men were accused of waving Israeli flags while attacking three men in Brooklyn. The incident is being investigated as an anti-Palestinian hate crime. The incident happened several hours after a man waving a Palestinian flag was attacked in Williamsburg.

In October 2023, a man in Farmington Hills, Michigan was arrested and charged with making a threat of terrorism after he posted on social media that he wanted to "go to Dearborn & hunt Palestinians".

See also

• Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

References

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16. "Farmington Hills man charged with making terrorism threat after anti-Palestinian post". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-22.

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
• Anti-Arabism
• Anti-Palestinian sentiment
• Islamophobia