Killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy shows hate can spread all too quickly

Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother were living thousands of miles away from the latest violence raging through the Middle East, but authorities said they still paid the price because of their ethnicity and religion. It didn’t matter that Wadea was only 6. Joseph Czuba allegedly found the Palestinian American boy so threatening, he stabbed him 26 times. Wadea’s mother survived Saturday’s attack in Czuba’s unincorporated Plainfield Township home, where the Muslim family rented a room. She remained in the hospital Monday, unable to say goodbye to her son, who celebrated...