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Paterson residents describe ‘anger, sadness, desperation’ after US vetoes UN resolution calling for ceasefire
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Paterson residents describe ‘anger, sadness, desperation’ after US vetoes UN resolution calling for ceasefire
Local “enterprise reporter” Christopher Maag’s latest New York Times byline boasted of having “spent four weeks reporting in Paterson and Clifton, N.J., interviewing members of the Palestinian community,” and the resulting journalism certainly identified with the Palestinian cause, with added melodrama that started in the headline: “In a Place Called Little Palestine, People Feel Afraid. And Forgotten.”
Long before the temporary cease-fire ended in Gaza, the mood in Paterson, N.J., home to one of the largest communities of Palestinians outside the Middle East, was tense.
North Jersey Palestinian Americans and their supporters say hateful rhetoric over the Israel-Hamas war is driving a spike in hate and bias.
A telecommunications breakdown has made talking to family members trapped under Israeli bombardment in Gaza difficult