Bay Area Jews and Palestinians fear they'll be targeted for reprisals due to ongoing Middle East war.
Communities around the Bay Area are reeling with grief due to the loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza. But Palestinians and Jews are also bracing for what could come next here, for their own families and friends.is generating fears in some Bay Area residents, that what’s happening 7,500 miles from here could spark backlash against their specific ethnicity.
"We’re quite concerned that…the general public will look towards the Palestinian community as being the cause of you know, this conflict, and this crisis. And it is truly quite concerning," said Rami Sultan, a South Bay Palestinian who has family living in Gaza."We are concerned about backlash.
Communities around the Bay Area are reeling with grief due to the loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza. But Palestinians and Jews are also bracing for what could come next here, for their own families and friends.," said Sultan. "I’m more concerned about her than myself. I’m more concerned about the fact that she’s someone who's never stepped foot in the Palestinian territories including Gaza. And yet she may potentially be a target from people’s ignorance, to be honest.
"We see typically rising antisemitism which is already at historic highs, whenever there is conflict in the Middle East," said CEO Mark Levine. "We’ve seen flyering across California with anti-Semitic literature going door-to-door. Being put on people’s lawns and yards. And that occurred over the weekend and that makes people feel insecure.
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