The war in Israel started in early October, consisting of a Palestinian group called the Hamas who have been attacking Israel because of their beliefs. This has not only caused corruption there, but has caused a divide between people consisting of Palestinian and Isrialites in all places including America.
On Monday October 16th, a landlord stabbed a 6 year Palestinian boy, and his mother Shahin, because of their race and religion. This resulted in the death of a child and his mother being severely injured. The landlord is a 71 year old man named Joseph M. Czuba who was not in support of Hamas and against the Israelites. Czuba is now being charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated battery with a weapon.
“It isn’t fair that someone gets killed just because they have different beliefs.” Supporting that this is never an excuse for violence. N.H.S student Luke Bonavist said
From the New York Times , Palestinian state representative of Chicago Abdelnasser Rashid said, “This was directly connected to dehumanizing of Palestinians”. He was disgusted with this hate crime and how someone could kill a 6 year old boy and his mother because of their race and religion.
“I think it’s really wrong. Just because he’s a different religion doesn't mean he should die for it.” Further showing compassion for this family and supporting no matter what differences, murder should never be the solution. NHS sophomore Sam Fossum said.
The family was living in the home 2 years prior to this attack and said “there were minor notable issues” with the landlord.
According to CNN, the landlord did not have a statement for the police but investigators determined the murder and severe injuring of the two were due to their Muslim beliefs. Deputies say Czuba was sitting at the bottom of their driveway as they rushed in and found the two in a bedroom, on the floor with multiple stab wounds. The boy was stabbed 26 times and his mother over 12 times.
The husband and father of the two, received a text from Shahin from the hospital stating Czuba knocked on the door and when she opened, he was trying to choke her while shouting “you Muslims must die”.
“I felt shocked and sickened by this tragedy.” President Biden said. He made a speech on the hate crime stating “The horrific act of hate has no place in America.” And continuing to say how “America should not be a place where we fear to have freedom.”
In addition to this, The attorney general said he will do everything in his power to bring justice to their family.
President Biden and people of the white house fear that Muslims will face more incidents like this and they will have to live being aware and cautious that they could be attacked because of their race.
The police took action in Chicago, Illinois, keeping an eye on the city and making sure there will be no mass threat to Illinois because of this tragedy.
His father and family spoke out and spoke about how lovely his son was and how he had “no idea what has been going on in Israel” making his death even sadder because he was clueless on why someone would want to kill him, especially because of his culture. He said “It’s sad how we came to the U.S for freedom and now we are being killed because of what we believe.”
“it strongly condemns the heinous act of racism and hatred that led to the death of a 6 year old Palestinian child and severe injury of his mother”. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said.
He said that the industry condemns attacks on innocent people and that this behavior should and will not be tolerated or continued.
The family lives in great grief while Shahin continues to recover in the hospital from her inquiries.
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