With hate crimes rising in Illinois since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday urged residents to renounce hatred and to stand in solidarity with their Muslim and Jewish neighbors.
“Hate has no home here in Illinois. It’s a phrase I’ve used time and time again, but hate always has an insidious way of trying to move in if we let it. So we must stand together to reject,” Pritzker said, surrounded by members of the Arab American Bar Association at a Chicago news conference.
