Washington state sees rise in anti-Arab, anti-Jewish hate incidents amid Israel-Hamas War

The Council on American Islamic Relations’ Washington state chapter (CAIR-Washington) has tracked 17 incidents of Arabs and Muslims being harassed or losing their jobs in the past month.

Separately, the Anti-Defamation League of the Pacific Northwest reports there have been 53 incidents of violence, harassment, and vandalism targeting Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian communities in Washington state since October. Twenty-seven of those have been antisemitic.

The incidents are part of a larger trend of growing antisemitism and Islamophobia nationwide and around the world since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.