The recent terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, occurring just two weeks after the tragic killing of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C., underscores a notable increase in antisemitic incidents across the United States since 2020.

“The surge in antisemitism following [Oct. 7, 2023] revealed that it was … simmering just below the surface,” explained Ruthie Blum, a senior editor at Jewish News Syndicate and former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to Fox News Digital. “There had always been sporadic outbursts of antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, particularly in academic settings. Yet, this was an eruption happening unexpectedly throughout the United States.”

Blum added that recent antisemitic events are “a sign of a decaying society.”

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, aged 45, is now facing a federal hate crime charge along with state charges including attempted first-degree murder, offenses against vulnerable adults/elderly, assault, criminal attempt at both class one and class two felonies, and the use of explosives or incendiary devices during a felony for the attack on Sunday, which resulted in eight fatalities.

He allegedly threw explosives into a crowd Sunday in Boulder as a pro-Israel group, “Run for Their Lives,” participated in a gathering on Pearl Street advocating for Hamas to release Israeli hostages. 

An Illinois grand jury indicted Brandon Simonson and Kristopher Martin on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder, hate crime and assault for allegedly killing a Jewish inmate at the prison where they were being detained.