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Biden Decries Palestinian-American Boy’s Murder in Oval Office Speech<!-- wp:html --><p>Jonathan Ernst/Reuters</p> <p>In an address to the nation Thursday night, President <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> called out a recent spate of homegrown hate attacks spurred by the war between <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/israel">Israel</a> and the militant group Hamas—specifically highlighting the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/illinois-landlord-joseph-czuba-stabbed-6-year-old-dozens-of-times-because-he-was-muslim-cops">fatal stabbing of a six-year-old</a> Palestinian-American boy last week in a Chicago suburb.</p> <p>The act was allegedly carried out by a paranoid man who was in part <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-radio-allegedly-fueled-attack-on-palestinian-american-boy-wadea-al-fayoume">fueled by conservative talk radio</a>.</p> <p>About midway through his Oval Office address, Biden acknowledged the perils of both antisemitism and Islamophobia.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-decries-palestinian-american-boys-murder-in-oval-office-speech">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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In an address to the nation Thursday night, President Joe Biden called out a recent spate of homegrown hate attacks spurred by the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas—specifically highlighting the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy last week in a Chicago suburb.

The act was allegedly carried out by a paranoid man who was in part fueled by conservative talk radio.

About midway through his Oval Office address, Biden acknowledged the perils of both antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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