Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza.
Above: Nizar Doar, father of a 23-year-old Palestinian American stabbed in Austin on Sunday, calls for Texas leaders to support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at a press conference Tuesday.
According to family members and local advocates, a white man on a bicycle approached the young men’s car Sunday evening and attempted to remove a, a headscarf that signals Palestinian solidarity, from a flag pole attached to the car. The man then allegedly attacked the car’s occupants, three of whom are Palestinian-American.
On Sunday, Doar, the stabbing victim, was taken to a hospital, where he remained Tuesday morning as local leaders and advocates gathered outside Austin City Hall to condemn a recent wave of violence against Palestinian-Americans in the United States. “I stand here begging and asking for the city councilmen, for the president, for the mayor, for Greg Abbott to call for a ceasefire,” Doar said. “If y’all took action three months ago, nobody would have been hurt. This has come to haunt us in our homeland. It’s come to haunt us in the U.S. It’s come to haunt us in Texas. This is not acceptable.”
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