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+#REDIRECT [[University_of_Texas_at_Austin#2024_Pro-Palestinian_Protests]]
-{{Short description|2024 incident}}
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-{{Infobox civilian attack
-| location = [[University of Texas at Austin]], West Campus
-| date = {{start date|2024|02|04}}
-| partof = [[Israel-Hamas war]]
-| image = View of UT campus from 21 Rio.jpg
-| image_size = 225px
-| caption = Image of the University campus
-| target = Pro-Palestinian protesters
-| type = Stabbing and assault
-| weapon = Knife
-| fatalities = 0
-| injuries = 1
-| perpetrator = Bert James Baker
-| motive = [[Anti-Palestinianism]]
-| charges = [[Assault with a deadly weapon]]
-}}
-On February 4, 2024, a stabbing attack occurred on the grounds of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], perpetrated by 36-year-old Bert James Baker against a 23-year-old [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinian-American]] student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest.
-== Prelude ==
-Anti-Palestinianism was a rising sentiment during the [[Israel–Hamas war|Israel-Hamas war]] all over the world, including the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Maya |date=2023-11-10 |title=Islamophobia and antisemitism on rise in US amid Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/10/us-islamophobia-antisemitism-hate-speech-israel-hamas-war-gaza |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> This has caused heightening tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinians which sometimes leads to violent events to occur.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alfonseca |first=Kiara |date=2023-11-15 |title=US extremists exploit Israeli-Palestinian tensions with calls for violence, hate: Experts |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-extremists-exploit-israeli-palestinian-tensions-calls-violence/story?id=104787610 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref> Even before this attack, many anti-Palestinian hate crimes occurred with one of them being the [[2023 shooting of Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont|shooting of three Palestinian-American men]] wearing [[Palestinian keffiyeh]]s in [[Burlington, Vermont]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-27 |title=Suspect arrested in Vermont shooting of 3 U.S. college students of Palestinian descent |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/burlington-vermont-shooting-live-updates-rcna126704 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
-== Attack ==
-During a pro-Palestinian protest at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], Baker attacked a man inside the truck who was sitting in the passenger side of a car with his friend by dragging him out of the vehicle and put him to the ground after attempting to rip off a pro-Palestinian symbol from the truck that Doar was in and calling the group a racial slur.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aguasvivas |first=Arleen |last2=Chan |first2=Melissa |last3=Essamuah |first3=Zinhle |date=2024-02-07 |title=Stabbing of Palestinian American man in Texas was motivated by bias, police say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stabbing-palestinian-american-man-texas-motivated-bias-police-say-rcna137783 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Austin police say West Campus attack meets hate crime definition |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-stabbing-hate-crime-west-campus/269-1edc5391-011b-4f25-b4c8-8f038f9c3ff1 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[KVUE]] |language=en-US}}</ref> During this scuffle, the man's friend, 23-year-old Zacharia Doar attempted to help him but was stabbed while attempting to intervene.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Stabbing of Palestinian American near the University of Texas meets hate crime standard, police say |url=https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-american-stabbing-hate-crime-texas-13c90b4d69e9c75467f94a0f5b2ea88d |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> Doar was taken into the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries but, according to his father, was still in immense pain.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oladipo |first=Gloria |date=2024-02-08 |title=Stabbing of Palestinian American in Texas a hate crime, police say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/08/texas-palestinian-american-stabbing-hate-crime |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878}}</ref>
-== Reactions and aftermath ==
-Police arrested Baker after the attack and Austin police stated that the attack was "bias-motivated" and would be investigated and treated as a hate crime.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramkissoon |first=Jaclyn |last2=Jones |first2=Abigail |last3=Washington |first3=Jala |last4=Huey |first4=Dalton |date=2024-02-06 |title=APD: Committee says stabbing near UT campus meets definition of hate crime |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/stabbing-near-ut-campus-will-be-reviewed-by-hate-crimes-committee-apd-says/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[KXAN-TV]] |language=en-US}}</ref> A month later was indicted by a [[grand jury]] on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge but wasn't charged with any additional hate crime charge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schnitker |first=Andrew |date=2024-04-23 |title=Man indicted in UT West Campus stabbing of Palestinian American |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/man-indicted-in-ut-west-campus-stabbing-of-palestinian-american/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[KXAN-TV]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
-The [[Muslim Public Affairs Council]] stated that they were concerned with the rising Islamophobia and anti-Palestinianism after the attack stating that they were deeply concerned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MPAC |date=2024-02-07 |title=MPAC Concerned Over Continued Increase in Hate-motivated Attacks |url=https://www.mpac.org/statement/mpac-concerned-over-continued-increase-in-hate-motivated-attacks/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[Muslim Public Affairs Council]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
-The [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]] stated that they condemn the attack strongly and that people who perpetrate these crimes should be "prosecuted to the full extent of the law".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allison |first=Ismael |date=2024-02-05 |title=CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Charge in Stabbing Attack on Young Muslims After Pro-Palestine Protest |url=https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-calls-for-hate-crime-charge-in-stabbing-attack-on-young-muslims-after-pro-palestine-protest/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[Council on American–Islamic Relations]]}}</ref>
-== References ==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{Israel–Hamas war}}
 [[Category:February 2024 crimes in the United States]]