A violent attack in Boulder targeted a Jewish community gathering, wounding eight individuals, including a Holocaust survivor. This incident, alongside a recent attack in D.C., underscores a chilling rise in anti-Semitic violence. Jewish leaders nationwide are calling for stronger government protection, emphasizing the attacks' clear anti-Semitic motivations. Notably, the perpetrator in Boulder used a flamethrower and marched under a pro-Palestine slogan, which raises questions about the intersection of violence, politics, and community safety. The specificity of these attacks points to a disturbing escalation in targeted hate crimes against Jews.
"The anti-Semitic motivation of these attacks is clear...Indeed, their collateral damage is to destroy the space for any reasonable debate about how Israel has conducted its war in Gaza."
"These attacks are different because they were directed very specifically at people the attacker took to be Jewish...and imply that no Jew could be innocent."
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