Chicago alderwoman believes signs about Gaza went up because she is Jewish
CHICAGO -- Police on Monday were searching for the person who posted cardboard signs about the Israel - Hamas War that Ald. Debra Silverstein called an attack on her religious identity.Silverstein posted a photo showing two cardboard signs mounted to the window of her ward office, at 2949 W. Devon Ave. in West Ridge.One of the signs referenced Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza in January – with her name and drawn image.
She wrote that the 'same hate that has targeted other Jewish elected officials, both locally and across the nation, and it must stop now' – and added that Jews have been targeted increasingly often from the streets to schools and social media since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7 of last year.Chicago Police officers removed the signs after coming to the scene around 9:50 p.m. Sunday. Police said no one was in custody late Monday.
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