Overview
- Michael Rapaport warned Jewish Americans on his "I Am Rapaport" podcast that they cannot count on external support and must remain vigilant against rising antisemitic violence.
- On May 30 in Boulder, Colorado, Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly attacked pro-Jewish protesters with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, injuring twelve and declaring intent to kill “all Zionist people.”
- Less than two weeks earlier in Washington, D.C., Elias Rodriguez is accused of shooting dead two Israeli diplomats outside a Jewish event while shouting pro-Palestinian slogans.
- Soliman is charged with federal hate crimes and 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder and faces up to 624 years in prison, and Rodriguez faces multiple life sentences and the death penalty.
- Rapaport expressed frustration that the marginalized communities he supported during the Black Lives Matter movement have not shown solidarity with Jewish people under threat.