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'Backlash effect': Why the Middle East conflict triggers hate crimes in the US

Palestinian supporters march with flags and signs and chant in protest as the Israel-Hamas war continues in the Middle East, Oct. 13, 2023, in New York. [AP Photo]

In the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, a wave of antisemitism and Islamophobia has swept across the United States, putting American Jewish and Muslim communities on edge.

A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy was stabbed to death outside Chicago on Oct. 14, a week after Hamas' attack on Israel triggered the conflict. The attacker shouted "You Muslims must die" before fatally stabbing the boy and injuring his mother.

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