Day 606 - Anti-Israel extremist hits 12 in Colorado with DIY flamethrower
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 3 June 2025
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
New York reporter Luke Tress joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Twelve people were wounded Sunday in Boulder, Colorado — including at least one person in critical condition — when activists rallying for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza were attacked by a man shouting “end Zionists,” who fired a makeshift flamethrower and threw firebombs at them. Tress updates us with what we know so far about the suspect, Mohammed Soliman, and his motives.
Tress compares Sunday's Boulder attack to the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, less than two weeks ago. He reminds listeners of Jewish community leaders' warnings of potential copycat attacks on the horizon.
To close, we learn about a new facility from the Community Security Service, a nonprofit that trains volunteer synagogue guards throughout the US, the first in the US dedicated to training synagogue guards as American Jews build out an array of connected security measures amid a global surge in antisemitism.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Three IDF soldiers killed by roadside bomb in north Gaza’s Jabalia
With attacks in Washington and Colorado, the global intifada lands in America
Colorado suspect planned attack for a year, wanted to ‘kill all Zionist people’ — FBI
Trump pins Boulder attack on Biden border policy after suspect named as illegal alien
After deadly shooting, US Jewish security leaders urge vigilance amid threat of copycats
In first, US Jewish security outfit opens boot camp for volunteer synagogue guards
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IMAGE: Law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:06.0 | Today is Tuesday, June 3rd, Day 606 of the war. |
| 0:11.8 | Amanda Borchelle done here with our New York reporter, Luke Tress. |
| 0:15.8 | Luke, thank you so much for joining me this very early morning in Israel and very late night in New York. |
| 0:21.6 | Yep, good to be here. |
| 0:22.9 | Twelve people were wounded in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday, and one person at least is in |
| 0:28.1 | critical condition after an Egyptian national, Mohalmad Salaman, attacked a pro-Israel pro-hostages |
| 0:36.1 | event. |
| 0:37.3 | We will hear about the event his means of attacking, and we'll also learn more about what |
| 0:43.5 | the Jewish community is doing as a whole in order to ward off future anti-Semitic violence. |
| 0:49.8 | All of this and more when we're back. |
| 0:57.2 | We're being used. |
| 0:59.0 | Jews are being used on Israel, on anti-Semitism, for other purposes. |
| 1:04.1 | And that puts us in a dilemma. |
| 1:05.9 | If it was Jews-quant Jews, it's one thing to stand up. |
| 1:09.9 | But now, when Jews are being used on immigration issues, on woke issues, |
| 1:14.6 | makes it a lot more difficult when to say something or not say something. |
| 1:18.9 | On the most recent episode of identity crisis, |
| 1:21.7 | Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Abe Foxman, |
| 1:24.3 | longtime anti-defamation league leader and Holocaust survivor, |
| 1:28.6 | about the relationship between major Jewish organizations and those in power, and to understand when and how to speak up |
| 1:34.4 | for the Jewish people. Join us as we take on the issues facing contemporary Jewish life on |
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