However, the way it is being used during the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people obscures the specificity of anti-Palestinian racism. As Stanford University's Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities report aptly states: "Islamophobia has ironically become the 'low-hanging fruit' whereby some institutions, legislative bodies, and politicians are able to easily support Muslims while neglecting anti-Palestinian or anti-Arab bias."

DEFINE: Distinguishes anti-Palestinian racism from Islamophobia as separate categories of bias requiring distinct responses.

Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophob…, loc. 20