The outside of a Jewish campus organization’s <\/a>building at Boston University was defaced with graffiti reading, “Free Palestine,” in the latest incident of rising antisemitism on campuses across America.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Boston University Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney\u2019s Office are investigating the vandalism at the Boston, Massachusetts university after graffiti was found written on the window of a Jewish student organization, authorities confirmed.<\/p>\n According to the organization’s website, the Florence & Chafetz Hillel House at Boston University is a place of worship<\/a> and a community center for the campus’ Jewish population.<\/p>\n Robert Lowe, chief of the BU Police Department, confirmed to BU Today<\/a>, <\/i>the university\u2019s official online news publication, that officers received a call about the vandalism on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n ELDERLY JEWISH MAN DIES AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTER AT CALIFORNIA RALLY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The new $16 million Florence and Chafetz Hillel House at Boston University occupies prime real estate on Bay State Road and has views of the Charles River.\u00a0<\/span> (Lane Turner\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When authorities arrived, Hillel staff members said that “an unknown person had tagged an exterior window of the building.”<\/p>\n Police said that the words, “Free Palestine” were written over a preexisting blue and white sign that read, “We Stand with Israel.<\/a>“<\/p>\n Pro-Palestinian protesters held out signs to block a Pro-Israeli protester as they peacefully disagreed with each other on the campus of University of Massachusetts Amherst during a rally against “UMass Amherst’s ties with war profiteers and call for a ceasefire and end of the blockade on Gaza”.\u00a0<\/span> (Jessica Rinaldi\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In a campus-wide letter, Executive Director and University Chaplain Rabbi Jevin Eagle says the act of vandalism has left the Jewish community “shaken” and “disheartened.”<\/p>\n JEWISH AMERICANS TURNING TO FIREARMS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AS ANTISEMITISM SURGES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “We are grateful for the swift response from BU, BU Police, and the Suffolk County District Attorney,” he wrote. “This horrific act is being investigated as a religious hate crime<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Jevin Eagle, who will become the new executive director at Boston University Hillel, poses for a portrait outside his new office in Boston on Apr. 27, 2017.\u00a0<\/span> (Craig F. Walker\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In a statement, the Suffolk County District Attorney\u2019s Office said that the graffiti was a “targeted act” and that they are working on finding the person responsible.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “This defacement was a targeted act, and we will work closely with BU police to identify, arrest, and prosecute the person responsible,” a Suffolk County District Attorney\u2019s Office spokesperson said in a statement. “Our message is clear: hate crimes in any form are intolerable and anyone charged with committing them will pay the consequences<\/a>.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Pro-Palestinian](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1200\/675\/e3c38a73-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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