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Amherst police are investigating an incident of "anti-Semitic" damage done to a business in the town, which involved a swastika and the number 2119 spray-painted on the door. The targeted building was not affiliated with a Jewish organization. This incident adds to the rising numbers of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim incidents in the United States following recent events in Israel and Gaza.
Authorities have launched a hate-crime investigation after a hit-and-run incident injured an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University. The student, Abdulwahab Omira, called for a collective denouncement of hatred and violence amidst a rise in hate crimes against Arabs, Jews, and Muslims in the United States. The driver of a Toyota 4Runner reportedly made eye contact with Omira, accelerated towards him, shouted derogatory remarks, and fled the scene. Omira, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, described the driver as a white man in his mid-20s. This incident follows a series of hate crimes on college campuses during the Israel-Gaza conflict, highlighting the increasing tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.