‘Mr President, put an end to this’: Palestinian Americans speak out on Gaza — Al Jazeera
For his part, Chris Habiby, director of national government affairs and advocacy at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), said the US should be calling for immediate de-escalation to stop the violence.
Among Arab New Yorkers, Fear of a Post 9/11 Like Crackdown Grows — DocumentedNY
Abed Ayoub, Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said on Twitter that over the past week, his organization has received multiple reports of the FBI visiting Palestinian individuals, as well as mosques.
Metro Detroit family files lawsuit to bring loved ones home from Gaza — CBS Detriot
The lawsuit is in partnership with the Arab American Civil Rights League and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Biden ‘shocked and sickened’ by killing of six-year-old Palestinian boy in Illinois — The Guardian
Abed A Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, lamented the increase in hate crimes against Palestinians which stemmed from racist rhetoric.
Threat against Palestinian Americans leads to arrest amid fear in Arab, Jewish communities — Detriot Free Press
Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said the FBI has visited mosques and the homes of some Palestinian nationals.
Whose stories do we tell? Israeli-Palestinian tensions polarize an Orange County school district — Los Angeles Times
The board had already approved another ethnic studies class, this one part of the English literature curriculum, that includes lessons on the 1985 assassination of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist killed when a bomb exploded in the Santa Ana office of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, where Odeh worked as regional director.
US Arabs, Muslims facing harassment amid Israel’s Gaza onslaught — The New Arab
“It’s really created a culture of fear in the community throughout the country,” Chris Habiby, government affairs and advocacy director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), told The New Arab.
Palestinian Americans in Washington on edge watching Gaza news — Washington Post
“They’re terrified,” said Habiby, the director of national government affairs and advocacy at the D.C.-based American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “And from our side, because it’s so hard to get in touch with them, we’re sitting here uncertain about whether they’re still alive.”
FBI targets Muslims and Palestinians in wake of Hamas attack, civil rights advocates warn — The Intercept
Abed Ayoub, executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC, said that his organization has fielded multiple reports of individuals and mosques being visited by the FBI this week.
ADC creates fund to assist victims of anti-Arab attacks in wake of American-sanctioned Israeli violence in Gaza — Arab Daily News
In the past several days, ADC has received an endless barrage of complaints and cases from students across college campuses in the United States tied to the War on Palestine.
Tensions rise on college campuses as students react to Israel-Hamas war — The Hill
“The level of anti-Arab hate and rhetoric hasn’t been this high since the aftermath of 9/11. It is far worse than the Trump years,” Abed Ayoub, the national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said on X.
Echoes of the War on Terror: U.S. State and Media Go on the Offensive Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters — LeftVoice
On October 12, the National Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee reported that his organization received multiple calls about ICE detaining Palestinian nationals and the FBI visiting Palestinian homes as well as mosques and Arab inmates throughout the country.
U.S. law enforcement steps up security ahead of expected Mideast protests — WTAQ
The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee said on Thursday that FBI agents had paid visits to a number of mosques in different states and individual U.S. residents with Palestinian roots, calling it a “troubling trend.”
Grief, anger, fear on college campuses as Israel-Hamas war divide comes home — Lookout Santa Cruz
Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said his staff has heard from students across the country, including California, who are facing expulsion and losing job opportunities for expressing their beliefs.
Wadea’s death comes as the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) reports a sharp uptick in discrimination and harassment targeting Arabic people in the U.S.
Hamas ‘day of jihad’ security fears put EVERY major city police department in the US on heightened alert — Daily Mail
The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee said on Thursday that FBI agents had paid visits to a number of mosques in different states and individual U.S. residents with Palestinian roots, calling it a “troubling trend.”
