Terror in Boulder: Fire set attack on Jewish demonstrators!

Terror in Boulder: Fire set attack on Jewish demonstrators!

Boulder, Colorado, USA - in Boulder, Colorado, on June 2, 2025, a devastating attack occurred during a demonstration of Jewish activists. At the event that campaigned for the release of Hamas Geiseln in the Gaza Strip, eight participants were injured, including several serious injuries. The situation escalated when a 45-year-old man who was arrested as a suspected individual offender started a fire and a make-up flame thrower while chanted slogans like "Free Palestine". FBI director Kash Patel and other US authorities described the incident as a clear act of terrorist, while the Attorney General of Colorado, Phil Weiser, classified him as a hate crime. The injured people between the ages of 52 and 88, with at least one victim suffered serious burns.

The incident in Boulder happened just two weeks after a fatal attack on two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., where the alleged perpetrator had justified his deed with the support for Palestinians. In this worrying development, the democratic minority leader in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, urged the nation to act more decisively against anti-Semitism. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also called the incident a "targeted terrorist attack", which underlined the alarming views of the increase in anti-Semitic attacks in the USA.

growing anti -Semitic violence in the USA

The events in Boulder are part of a shocking trend in the United States. According to the anti-defamation League (ADL), 3,679 anti-Semitic incidents have been the highest number since the beginning of the surveys in 1979. Over 80 % of the US Jews report on an increase in anti-Semitism. Historically, anti -Semitism was long overcome in the United States, especially after the Second World War. There was a time when Jews were seen as an established minority in the melting pot of American society, but subliminal discrimination was always present.

The repeated attacks, including the terrible attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018, where eleven people were killed, illustrate the sad reality that anti -Semitic violence is still blooming today. The radicalization by online networks, the connection to the Alt-Right movement and the popularity of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories like that of Qanon have further tightened the situation. After 9/11 and the presidency of Donald Trump, which partially normalized anti -Semitic rhetoric, the climate has increasingly deteriorated for Jewish Americans.

The events in Boulder are therefore not only an isolated incident, but part of a larger and alarming pattern of violence and discrimination against Jewish communities in the USA. Israel's ambassador at the United Nations, Danny Danon, expressed horror about "terrorism against Jews" in the United States and demanded increased attention to this threat. Local officials, including the governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, also described the incident as a "hideous act of terrorist".