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Time Magazine
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Time Magazine
Colorado Firebomb Attack Case Moving Forward: What to Know
Prosecutors' case against the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a crowd of demonstrators in Boulder, Colo., who were calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza will move ahead after the suspect waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was intended to assess whether there was enough evidence for the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, to stand trial. But Soliman's lawyer told the judge he would give up his right to hear the evidence, the Associated Press reported, and the judge ruled that prosecutors could proceed with their case. An arraignment hearing, where Soliman will enter a plea in the state case, is scheduled for September 9. Soliman, 45, faces a total of more than 150 state charges and 12 federal hate crime counts after allegedly throwing an incendiary device towards a crowd of demonstrators in the June 1 attack while yelling 'Free Palestine,' according to law enforcement. The Boulder District Attorney's Office has identified nearly 30 victims of the attack, including 13 who suffered physical injuries. Eight people who sustained burns and other injuries were hospitalized. A dog was also harmed during the incident. Soliman was originally charged with 118 criminal counts, including several for attempted first degree murder, on June 5. The Boulder County District Attorney charged him with an additional 66 counts and amended some others he previously faced after 82-year-old Karen Diamond passed away as a result of wounds she sustained in the attack later in June. Soliman previously pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. He requested that the preliminary hearing be set back to the end of October due to what his counsel referred to as 'significant collateral implications' that could not be addressed ahead of the July 15 date. 'Counsel is not aware of an autopsy report being produced yet,' the motion read. 'Additionally, there will be significant medical records that need to be provided and reviewed in advance of such hearing.' The request was denied. Here's what to know about Soliman and what he's accused of. Who is Mohamed Sabry Soliman? Soliman is an Egyptian national who first entered the U.S. in August 2022 on a B-2 tourist visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He applied for asylum in September of that year, though details on his application have not publicly been reported. A spokeswoman for DHS previously told TIME that Soliman overstayed his visa, which expired in February 2023. The suspect was living in Colorado Springs with his family prior to his arrest on June 1. Soliman told police following the attack that he wanted to kill all Zionists, adding that he 'wished they were dead,' according to an FBI affidavit. He also allegedly informed authorities that he was waiting for his daughter to graduate to conduct the attack, which he said he had been planning for at least a year. Soliman's wife and five children were detained by immigration authorities in June to investigate whether the family knew of the suspect's intention, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Officials moved to expedite the removal of Soliman's family from the country, but their deportation was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Texas dismissed the family's petition to be released from immigration custody. What happened in the attack? Demonstrators from 'Run for Their Lives,' which stages weekly events to advocate for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, gathered at a park in front of the Boulder County Courthouse on June 1. Soliman allegedly entered the park carrying a backpack with 18 glass bottles and jars, as well as flammable liquid and red rags, and approached the group, according to the Justice Department. At around 1:30 p.m. local time, authorities allege Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails towards the crowd and yelled 'Free Palestine!' Twenty-nine victims have been identified, one of whom, 82-year-old Diamond, died on June 25 as a result of her injuries. Following the attack, authorities recovered a handwritten document from Soliman's vehicle that said, 'Zionism is our enemies untill [sic] Jerusalem is liberated and they are expelled from our land.' Soliman confessed to authorities that he committed the attack, according to the FBI affidavit. He said he initially tried to buy a firearm, per Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado J. Bishop Grewell, but could not purchase one because he was not a legal citizen and instead used Molotov cocktails.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BBC staff at Glastonbury had power to cut Vylan feed
BBC employees with the authority to cut the live stream of Bob Vylan's Glastonbury performance were among 550 members of staff at the festival, director general Tim Davie has said. Ending the broadcast "was an option open to those on the ground on the day", Davie wrote in a letter to the Commons' culture select committee. The punk duo led a chant of "death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]" and made other derogatory comments during the performance, prompting apologies from the BBC and Glastonbury, as well as triggering a police investigation. BBC News understands a small number of senior staff were told to step back from their day-to-day duties on music and live events as a result. The corporation has previously admitted failings after it emerged the band were deemed "high risk" prior to their performance. While the feed was monitored and warnings appeared on screen, the broadcast - which went out on iPlayer - was not stopped after the band's comments were made. BBC chairman Samir Shah has said the decision not to pull the live feed was "unquestionably an error of judgement" after strong criticism of the corporation's handling of the incident. In a letter responding to questions submitted by Dame Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the Commons' culture, media and sport committee, Davie disclosed how many BBC employees were at the festival. He wrote: "There were 550 personnel working for the BBC at Glastonbury. "Of these 328 were working for BBC Studios (camera crew, rigging, technical and production roles), 35 providing coverage for BBC News, and 187 other BBC public service, working across a wide range of roles, including technical crew, producers, presenters, engineers, runners, commissioners and compliance staff." Answering whether any had the ability to end the broadcast, Davie said: "Yes, there were individuals present at Glastonbury who had the authority to cut the livestream after appropriate consideration. "Those individuals had access to advice and support offsite should they have considered it necessary." He did not specify how many of those present had the authority to pull the live stream, but said those capable of issuing "editorial policy support" would be deployed to music festivals and events in the future. During the duo's set, singer Pascal Robinson-Foster, who performs under the stage name Bobby Vylan, also made a speech about a record label boss he used to work for. That boss would "speak very strongly about his support for Israel", and had put his name to a letter urging Glastonbury to cancel Irish-language rap trio Kneecap's performance, the musician said. The singer said: "Who do I see on that list of names but that bald-headed [expletive] I used to work for? We've done it all, all right - from working in bars to working for [expletive] Zionists." After the media coverage of their set, Bob Vylan said in a statement: "We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine". Avon and Somerset Police have launched a criminal investigation into the band's comments. BBC needs to get a grip quicker after controversies, Ofcom chief says
El Chorouk
a day ago
- Politics
- El Chorouk
Thousands Of Zionists Choose To Live In Morocco
The Makhzen opens its doors to welcome tens of thousands of Zionists who have chosen it as their preferred destination to live and settle, in light of the growing phenomenon of 'reverse migration' witnessed by the Zionist entity, as one of the most prominent consequences of the war of extermination it continues to wage in the Gaza Strip. According to Moroccan media, the phenomenon of migration from the Zionist entity to Morocco 'is gaining momentum, as Zionists of Moroccan origin are returning in waves to live in the kingdom, despite their awareness of the difficulty of integrating into a society that has embraced the Palestinian cause and its justice. and consider any form of normalization with the Zionist entity to be a betrayal of it.' In this context, Moroccan political and media analyst Badr Al-Aydoudi explained in a statement to 'Waj' that 'waves of immigration from the Zionist entity to Morocco have increased significantly in recent years, since 2018, and notably during the recent Zionist aggression against Iran, with more than 57,000 Zionists moving from the entity to Morocco.' Al-Aydoudi, who lives in Spain, explained that Zionist immigrants work in the artistic, cultural, and academic fields and invest in real estate, technology, and tourism, noting that the Makhzen regime grants citizenship to these immigrants 'very quickly.' He emphasized that the Makhzen 'does not hide its desire to integrate Jews coming from the Zionist entity into Moroccan society, as part of a policy of granting them facilities such as access to land and exceptional economic privileges, in addition to creating institutions for them that are not available even to the Moroccan people, either internally or externally.' The same speaker emphasized that 'all these indicators suggest the existence of a Zionist-Makhzen agreement to enable the Zionists to exploit the country's wealth and gain access to vital political, economic, and social positions, paving the way for them to infiltrate the state apparatus and control future decision-making.' Media reports have indicated that the wave of immigration from the Zionist entity to Morocco occurred even before the normalization agreements between the two sides came into effect, with a wave of Zionists arriving, including individuals involved in criminal cases and fugitives from justice, took advantage of a legal loophole that allowed them to avoid imprisonment due to their 'Moroccan origins.' The same reports predicted that the new Zionist immigrants to the kingdom would face increasing popular pressure from all sides, given the Moroccan street's rejection of the Zionist-Makhzen rapprochement, amid continued calls to boycott the occupying entity.
Nahar Net
2 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Gemayel files complaint against Hezbollah official over threats to civil peace
by Naharnet Newsdesk 14 July 2025, 12:53 Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel filed Monday a complaint against Faisal Shukr, a senior Hezbollah official in the Bekaa region. The complaint alleges that Shukr's public speech on July 6, 2025, during Hezbollah's Ashoura procession, included direct threats to kill those who call for disarming the party, incitement to violence, and sectarian rhetoric. In the speech, Shukr told the Lebanese who want to take Hezbollah's arms, "we will take your souls," adding that weapons are sacred to the group and linking Hezbollah's disarmament to the liberation of Palestine. "We will not disarm before Zionists leave Palestine," Shukr said.
Observer
3 days ago
- Politics
- Observer
Killing fields of Gaza: A lesson in hypocrisy
As a citizen of the UK I write this with profound dismay. My country once stood against Hitler's tyranny, sacrificing thousands of young lives to halt the Nazi machinery of genocide. Our WW2 soldiers, many not yet twenty, now lay dead on the fields of Normandy, their white gravestones stretching to the horizon. Under Starmer's government my country now participates in the very same genocidal acts by supplying arms to the Israeli Zionists. This is not only a betrayal of the Palestinian people but a desecration of the memory of those who died to stop such horrors. If Starmer and his ministers possessed a shred of conscience, they would walk among the graves at Normandy and confront the reality of their current participation. Let us be clear: Zionism is not Judaism. An ideology that has far more in common with Nazism than its adherents admit. The Zionist-Nazi Pact of 1933 — the Haavara Agreement — was a marriage of convenience, serving both the Nazis and the Zionists. The Zionists ignored the plight of ordinary Jews. Only the wealthy escaped to Palestine in exchange for ninety per cent of their assets. The poor were abandoned to the death camps. Over six million Jews and many million non-Jews perished at the hands of Nazis and their Zionist collaborators. Yes, Zionists. They aided the Nazis in evading trade embargoes and many fought alongside the Nazis and Italian Fascists in WW2. Among the fallen in Normandy are young Jews who died fighting both Nazism and the very ideology now murdering children in Gaza. In 2025, as bombs rain upon Gaza, the world indulges in a grotesque exercise of hypocrisy. The killing of Palestinians finally reached such a scale that international bodies could not ignore it, yet diplomacy continued to churn out words and those who could, did nothing to stop it. Between October 2023 and May 2024, Israeli forces killed at least 34,568 Palestinians and wounded 77,765 more — over five per cent of Gaza's population. Fourteen thousand five hundred of the dead were children, more than in all the world's conflicts over the previous four years combined. Twenty-five thousand tonnes of explosives — equivalent to two nuclear bombs — were dropped on Gaza. The ICJ declared the allegations of genocide 'plausible' — a word that speaks volumes in its ambiguity. Amnesty International stated unequivocally that Israel 'committed genocide'. Legal scholars concurred. Yet, in a display of pure Orwellian doublethink, the United States described these allegations as 'unfounded'. The same US that claim to uphold human rights continue to arm Israel, a lesson in hypocrisy. The mechanics of genocide proceed in plain sight: hospitals, schools and water systems are systematically destroyed. Starvation is wielded as a weapon and entire towns and their inhabitants have been destroyed. Survivors speak of an apocalypse, of being made subhuman and the language of extermination is now routine among Israeli officials. The Zionists, like their former Nazi allies to justify murdering Jews, have dehumanised their Palestinian victims. Unlike the Nazi genocide, the genocide in Gaza is 'live-streamed', documented, analysed and condemned, yet uninterrupted. The international system, designed to prevent such horrors, is ignored. Legal judgments are made but never enforced. Moral pronouncements are rendered meaningless by political expediency. The Palestinian struggle is the latest chapter in a long Zionist settler-colonial project of ethnic cleansing which started in 1948. But still the killing continues, shielded by the same powers that once swore 'never again'. The truth is not hidden but rendered irrelevant, discarded by those with the power to ignore it.
