New York City released its crime statistics for October Wednesday, and they showed an alarming increase in Islamophobic hate crimes reported.

There were 8 such crimes reported in October, which was indeed a substantial increase since last year there were zero reported.

Antisemitic crimes numbered only 69, compared to 22 in 2022, proving that the true problem is obviously the alarming rise of hatred toward Muslims. We need to focus like a laser beam on reducing Islamophobia, just as every public official has been saying, lest our valued Hamas-supporting immigrants feel excluded from polite society.

Perhaps we should print up some more flyers of hostages held in Gaza for the sole purpose of being defaced, allowing these fine citizens the opportunity to vent their rage without having to travel the city looking for flyers to tear down.

There are almost 9x as many antisemitic attacks in New York as against Muslims. In fact, antisemitic crimes represent almost 70% of all hate crimes in the city, which clearly means that there is an insufficient amount of hate directed at Jews. Leftists really need to step up and get to work.

Luckily our colleges and universities appear up to the task, pumping out students driven by hatred toward Jews at an impressive rate.

At MIT, for instance, the administration warned Jews on the anniversary of Kristallnacht to avoid the main entrance to the university in order to avoid the massive protests against Israel. The protest violated the school’s policy against interference with the free movement of students, but the administration decided to give all the protesters a pass when they failed to disperse on demand.

It seems pretty remarkable to me that the administration of MIT would allow a situation to evolve that, by its own lights, was inflammatory and could put Jewish students' safety in jeopardy. It's one thing to stage a political protest; another to prevent students from attending…

— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) November 10, 2023

MIT has decided not to punish the students for violating school policy and threatening Jewish students. Kudos.

Colleges often speak of the importance of creating “safe spaces,” but they rarely put enough emphasis on making students who like to intimidate others feel welcome. Intimidating Jews is part of their culture and it is important to see that the schools are becoming more attuned to the needs of those who find it important to express their hatred and disdain for others. Multiculturalism demands that certain groups sacrifice themselves and their freedom to others who need to express their rage.

Given the alarming rise in Islamophobia, I am happy to see that the Biden Administration is working hard to ensure that hate crimes are directed where they truly belong: against the Jews. The fact that only 70% of hate crimes are directed at Jews is rather shocking when everybody knows that they are supposed to be the whipping boys for every bad thing that happens in the world.

Taking on hate is a national priority.

Today, @POTUS and I are announcing the country's first National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.

This action is the latest step forward in our work to combat a surge of hate in America. pic.twitter.com/pxZAn7RymY

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) November 1, 2023

Hamas did their part by committing the heinous acts of rape, murder, torture, and kidnapping; it’s time for Americans and all Westerners to do their part to focus their rage on innocent Jews around the world.

So let’s keep repeating two mantras: Islamophobia is unacceptable, and “from the River to the Sea Palestine must be free–by any means necessary!”