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CSUSB professor interviewed in segment about San Diego residents reacting to Israel-Hamas conflict
NBC San Diego
Oct. 11, 2023
Ahlam Muhtaseb, professor of media studies, was interviewed in a segment on how San Diego-area residents are reacting to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. She said Israel’s military siege of Gaza is preventing 2.2 million Palestinians from receiving basic needs – electricity, water, food – and said she is hoping a humanitarian corridor would be opened to allow needed aid into the area, and for the injured to be taken out of Gaza for medical treatment.
Retired CSUSB professor comments on surge in antisemitism as Israel, Hamas clash
VOA News
Oct. 11, 2023
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages for a fifth day, many Jews around the world face a familiar threat: a surge in antisemitism. Brian Levin, a prominent extremism researcher and professor emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino, said the carnage that took place on Oct. 7 amounted to "the worst single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust."
The recent surge in antisemitic attacks is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a long-standing pattern, Levin said.
In October 2000, violent protests in Israel triggered a 152% spike in antisemitic hate crimes in the United States, according to Levin's research. In May 2021, clashes between Israel and Hamas led to a 187% increase in anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York City and a nearly four-fold increase in antisemitic hate in Los Angeles.
"We saw spikes in London, and indeed, nearly every major European country that reported antisemitic hate crimes for 2021 showed increases," Levin said.
CSUSB center’s research cited in article about fears of hate crimes increasing in light of Israel-Hamas fighting
Axios
Oct. 12, 2023
The fighting in Israel and Gaza is sparking concern about a surge in hate crimes against Jews and Muslims in the U.S., which have soared in recent years.
The big picture: Three decades of data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism reviewed by Axios show that conflicts in the Middle East involving Israel frequently lead to big jumps in hate crimes here — particularly antisemitic attacks.
Anti-Jewish hate crimes have increased dramatically after each news-dominating Middle East conflict in the past 30 years, said Brian Levin, the recently retired director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
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