CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 11:30 am
FBI Director Christopher Wray this week said that the number of anti-religious attacks on Jewish people has increased in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war and is “wildly disproportionate,” considering the community’s minority status in the United States.
Wray made the remarks at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s annual “Threats to the Homeland” hearing on Tuesday.
When asked by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney whether it was true that of “attacks of a religious nature” in the U.S., “some 60% are directed towards Jews in this country,” Wray confirmed the figure. He added that that number was calculated “before [the Israel-Hamas war] began” last month and said he would “expect” it’s gone up since then.
Law enforcement doesn’t “have good numbers yet because it’s so fresh,” Wray said.