The New Arab: Palestinian Nabala Cafe in Chicago receives community support after vandalism

Since the outbreak of Israel's war in Gaza in October, reports of bias incidents against Muslims in the US have skyrocketed, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Over Labor Day weekend at Nabala Cafe, a Palestinian-owned business, where a window displaying a Palestinian flag was shattered. Despite video evidence and witness testimony suggesting a targeted attack, it is currently being investigated as property damage. "Incidents like this have happened so often over the last year, and they are just a continuation of a pattern of violence that has existed for decades,” the cafe stated. This follows a string of assaults against peaceful protestors at the DNC just a few weeks ago.