Increase in Antisemitic Extremism Spurs Surge in Terror Plots in the U.S. Since 2020

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.