Boulder attack restores security issues for US Jewish communities

On Sunday, a group that gathered in Bowlders, Colorado, was attacking the hostages that took place in Gaza, resulting in 12 people injured.

Suspect, Mohammed Sabra Soliman, is accused of throwing Incendants They allegedly planned an attack on the year and told the police that they wanted to “kill all Zionist people” according to the court documents.

It was the latter in a number of attacks on Jewish people and institutes that have tightened anxiety among those who are in the Jewish North America community who view these incidents as signs of anti -Semitism growth in the United States.

The boulder attack occurred a few weeks after the suspect shot and A couple was killed near the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, Colombia District. Later, they were recognized as staff of the Israeli Embassy who attended the museum. In April, The official residence of Governor Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro was burning, Just a few hours after the Jewish legislator celebrated the first night of Easter.

“The Jews feel influenced and more afraid than they were two weeks ago, or that the fears that existed in some communities a few weeks ago are more reinforced,” said Vogel Ayalon from J. The street, the pro -Israeli propaganda group, which is critical of the war and called for exit.

“These types of hate crimes are not distinguished where you get into a political spectrum about the war” between Israel and Hamas, said Ms Ayalon. “And that’s something very restless.”

Israel faced a sustainable international criticism of his military action in Gaza, which he had taken after Hamas attacked the country on October 7, 2023, killed about 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and took 251 hostages.

Over 50,000 people were killed in gas from the beginning of the warAccording to the Ministry of Health in the field of health in the territory. Statistics do not distinguish between civilians and Hamas fighters, but the BBC and other international media organizations are blocked by Israel from entering gas.

But the United Nations report that evaluated the gazana’s death for six months Almost 70% of the checked victims were women and children. Throughout the conflict, human rights experts have raised anxiety about broad hunger, illness and moving into gas.

The war also became a separate political problem in the US. Professional protests in university towns and in major cities have ignited great discussions on education and freedom of expression. Are Religious, generations and guerrilla divisions in the American Jewish Community about the support of Israel and the issue of Palestinian statehood.

But attacks in Baulders and Washington, which impressed the broader nerve as they crossed “the transparent red border between legal free speech and political violence,” said Ms Ayalon.

The Baulder’s attack provoked condemnation on the Jewish community.

“Acts of anti -Semitism do not take place in our society,” the Muslim Public Relations Council condemned in a statement. “This violent attack is not only an attack on a certain community, but also an immediate threat to the values ​​of pluralism, dignity and safety for all people of faith. As Muslims, our faith calls us to oppose the injustice and maintain the holiness of every human life.”

The Baulder group manages his life, holds weekly meetings and marches across the country to call for the release of other hostages that are accepted into gas.

“The prerequisite for the group is to peacefully increase the awareness of hostages. We are apolitical, we are not protesting against,” said Global Coordinator Weiss.

Many of the group members are Jewish and support Israel, but these are not requirements for participation.

“We get people from all walks of society – voting republican, independent democrats supporting the Israeli government or do not support the Israeli government,” said Ms Weiss.

According to her, security has always been a major priority for the sections of the group sections, but they “never thought that such a violent attack would happen.”

Jewish communities and institutions across the United States have long demanded security, but many have strengthened their defense after the arrow In 2018, in 2018, 11 believers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were killed. In the following April, another shooter Attacked on the synagogue in the lover, California, Kill one person and injure three others.

These conversations happen again after the incident with Baulder.

“The attacks, especially given the continuity of the attacks in a short period of time, made every Jewish US safety, be their personal safety or security of the Jewish institutions they visit,” said Galo Sifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council.

“There is a feeling that what happened in DC and Boulder can happen anywhere, could happen to anyone.”

The Jewish Colorado organization has announced fundraising to support security for the Jewish community of Baulder, as well as financial and traumatic support for the attacks. Its purpose is $ 160,000.

Rabbi Dan Muscovitz from the Sholam temple in Vancouver, Canada, often joins their events and plans to continue to speak in gas.

But he is worried that the boulder attack will not be an isolated incident.

“It will only ignite more radicalization,” he said. “It’s just to inspire more people to do these things.”