Israeli war in Gaza triggers ‘terrifying’ surge of Islamophobia in Australia – Middle East Monitor

The Israeli war on Gaza is inciting a “terrifying” surge of Islamophobic hate amid growing support for Palestine, Anadolu reports.

“The war in Gaza has triggered a terrifying surge of antisemitism, anti-Arab racism, anti-Palestinian racism, and Islamophobic hate. Mentioning those different forms of racism doesn’t mean equating them. Mentioning one doesn’t invalidate another,” said Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman,…