At a New York City rally in support of Palestine on Friday, the actress, 77, addressed the ongoingIsrael-Hamaswar in Gaza.
“There are a lot of people that are afraid, that are afraid of being Jewish at this time,” she said in her speech, reportsVariety. Jews in America “are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence," she continued.
Susan Sarandon in 2023.Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images
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In the wake ofHamas’ Oct. 7 attackon Israeli civilians, and the Israeli government’s subsequent air strikes in Gaza, the U.S. has seen a spike in reports of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bias incidents, reportsABC News.
According to a Nov. 9 statement fromThe Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR), “a wide variety of Americans, including public school and college students, doctors and other workers, protestors, and mosques” have submitted reports of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias in the month following the escalation of violence.
“We have definitely seen an uptick in threats across the country. It is focused on Jewish people and people from the Muslim community,” FBI assistant director of partner engagement Robert J. Contee III told theWashington Postin late October.
source: people.com
