The president mentioned Wadea Al-Fayoume during a primetime speech Thursday night where he expressed support for armed struggle in Ukraine and Israel.
President Joe Biden invoked Wadea al-Fayoume, an Illinois 6-year-old who was stabbed to death Saturday in an alleged hate crime against Palestinians and Muslims, during a televised speech to the nation that condemned both Islamophobia and antisemitism in the wake of escalating violence between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. “His name was Wadea,” Biden said, speaking Thursday night from the Oval Office. “Wadea, a proud American, a proud Palestinian-American family.
as droves of people attended the boy’s funeral and a subsequent vigil honoring his life. Biden described the stabbings as brutal and called for compassion in his Thursday address. Six-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume was stabbed to death at his home on Oct. 14, 2023. “When fear and suspicion, anger and rage run hard, we have to work harder than ever to hold onto the values who make us who we are,” he said.
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