To deal with the increased anti-Semitic threats, rallies and attacks in the U.S. the Biden administration has announced the country's first National Strategy to Counter….Islamophobia.
Vice President Kamala Harris was given the great opportunity of announcing this project with a video on X Wednesday.
“For years, Muslims in America and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks,” Harris says in the video.
The video announcement claims the project is part of the Biden strategy to "combat a surge of hate in America."
Taking on hate is a national priority.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) November 1, 2023
Today, @POTUS and I are announcing the country's first National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.
This action is the latest step forward in our work to combat a surge of hate in America. pic.twitter.com/pxZAn7RymY
This follows the Anti-Defamation League’s release that the organization recorded at least 312 reports of anti-Semitic acts between Oct. 7 and Oct. 23 — compared to 64 recorded during the same time period in 2022.
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The ADL claims more than 100 U.S. college campuses “staged walkouts demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and that their institutions divest from weapons companies allegedly involved with Israel. The walkouts, prompted by Israel’s military response to Hamas’s October 7 massacre, were organized primarily by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters and several other student groups. Some events included language that both explicitly and implicitly condoned and/or praised Hamas’s actions, promoted the destruction of Israel as we know it, and called for the exclusion of “Zionists” from public life on campuses.”
Reaction on social media was somewhat critical of Harris’ announcement.
