US President Joe Biden has condemned a reported spate of "hateful" attacks and acts of aggression against Jews in the US after the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.
"The recent attacks on the Jewish community are despicable and they must stop," Mr Biden tweeted. "I condemn this hateful behaviour at home and abroad – it's up to all of us to give hate no safe harbour."
New York police said they were conducting a hate crimes investigation after several people shouting anti-Semitic slurs attacked a Jewish man, 29, on Thursday, while pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated in Times Square.
Five or six men beat and pepper-sprayed the man, a police representative said. One man has been arrested.
Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League, said that since the latest outbreak of fighting between Israel and Hamas, there has been a spike in anti-Semitic violence in the US.
He pointed to a number of incidents in several states, including events that occurred this week in Los Angeles, where pro-Palestinian protesters attacked Jewish men sitting outside a restaurant and threw bottles at homes displaying mezuzahs, a decorative case containing parchment inscribed with prayers and verses from the Torah.
"We have seen a dangerous and drastic spike in anti-Semitism here at home in just the past week to 10 days," said Mr Greenblatt.
Last week, Mr Biden signed a Covid-19 hate crimes bill to address a rise in attacks against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
“Every time we’re silent, every time we let hate flourish, we make a lie of who we are as a nation,” he said during a ceremony on Thursday.
The US Justice Department in March was ordered by Attorney General Merrick Garland to improve tracking, investigating and prosecuting hate crimes.
“We must recommit ourselves to this urgent task and ensure that the department makes the best and most effective use of its resources to combat hate,” Mr Garland said.
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yallacompare profile
Date of launch: 2014
Founder: Jon Richards, founder and chief executive; Samer Chebab, co-founder and chief operating officer, and Jonathan Rawlings, co-founder and chief financial officer
Based: Media City, Dubai
Sector: Financial services
Size: 120 employees
Investors: 2014: $500,000 in a seed round led by Mulverhill Associates; 2015: $3m in Series A funding led by STC Ventures (managed by Iris Capital), Wamda and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority; 2019: $8m in Series B funding with the same investors as Series A along with Precinct Partners, Saned and Argo Ventures (the VC arm of multinational insurer Argo Group)
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Director: Elie Semaan
Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla
Rating: 3/5
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
How Islam's view of posthumous transplant surgery changed
Transplants from the deceased have been carried out in hospitals across the globe for decades, but in some countries in the Middle East, including the UAE, the practise was banned until relatively recently.
Opinion has been divided as to whether organ donations from a deceased person is permissible in Islam.
The body is viewed as sacred, during and after death, thus prohibiting cremation and tattoos.
One school of thought viewed the removal of organs after death as equally impermissible.
That view has largely changed, and among scholars and indeed many in society, to be seen as permissible to save another life.
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Name: Qyubic
Started: October 2023
Founder: Namrata Raina
Based: Dubai
Sector: E-commerce
Current number of staff: 10
Investment stage: Pre-seed
Initial investment: Undisclosed
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
