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2 days ago
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‘Can't be silent anymore': Hundreds march in Aventura to combat surge in antisemitism
American and Israeli colors lined the streets of Aventura, where a crowd of more than 500 people embarked Sunday on a three-mile march — escorted by police — to raise awareness for rising antisemitism at home and abroad. The rally, co-organized by Run for Their Lives and the South Florida-based Loving Moms United movement, comes nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. The trauma of that day continued to reverberate in Jewish communities across the globe, recently reignited by a violent terror attack at a sister rally in Boulder, Colorado. The June 1 attack in Boulder — carried out on one of Run for Their Lives' sister marches — left 16 injured, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. The assailant, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, reportedly in the U.S. illegally, used homemade Molotov cocktails and a flamethrower-like device to target peaceful marchers. Authorities say Soliman had plotted the assault for more than a year and told police he intended to 'kill all Zionist people.' He now faces over 100 felony charges, including attempted murder and hate crimes. The Boulder march, like in Aventura, was part of a global effort to raise awareness for the more than 50 hostages still believed to be held in Gaza following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The juxtaposition between the peaceful intentions of such rallies and the violence in Boulder weighed heavily on Sunday's participants in South Florida. Among the marchers was Jason Wasser, an Aventura native now living in Hollywood, whose childhood friend was among the Boulder victims. 'You would never think that in 2025 this would be the state of our country,' he said. 'Things seem ideal until they're not. Historically, it's always been the Jews who are first.' Israel has been locked in a devastating war with Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian militants killed nearly 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 251 people hostage. The ensuing Israeli counteroffensive has resulted in the deaths of nearly 55,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Hamas is still holding 55 hostages, fewer than half of them alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals. Some of the marchers in Aventura on Sunday wore signs of the remaining hostages on their shirts to raise awareness. Cecile Mankes, a Jewish resident of Northwest Miami-Dade whose mother survived the Holocaust, walked wrapped around Country Club Drive in an Israeli flag and a blue, jewel-studded hat decorated with American and Israeli pins. 'Antisemitism has gotten to the point where we can't be silent anymore,' she said. 'I'm an American Jew first, not a Jewish American — there's a difference. I believe in this country more than anything in the world, I just don't know if it's safe for all of us anymore.' 'I am an American Jew first, not a Jewish American — there's a difference,' Mankes said. 'I believe in America. I am Jewish because I am. It's what I believe in.' Pearl Levitt, whose parents survived the Holocaust and once lived along the route of Sunday's march, shared an even more personal reflection. 'I'm glad they're not alive now,' Levitt said. 'They lost their parents. They were so sick from the camps. To have to look at this on the news and see it happening again — it would kill them.' Still, she walked proudly with hundreds of others. 'They think they can threaten us and kick us, but they'll never beat us down,' Levitt said. 'We're not going to let it happen again. And as upsetting as it is every day, we're just fighters, and we're going to fight for our rights.' Security for the Aventura march was tight. Aventura Chief of Police Michael Bentolila said 30 marked police cars escorted the rally, including an armored BearCat vehicle. Officers from the sheriff's office and North Miami Beach PD provided additional support. Vice Mayor Cindy Orlinsky was also at the march and told the Miami Herald that Aventura, home to many synagogues and a large Jewish population, had proactively implemented a zero-tolerance policy toward antisemitism before the war in Gaza escalated. 'We're on high alert at all times,' she said. 'We stand with Israel. We stand with the Jewish community. We stand with all communities — ending Jew hatred and ending antisemitism.' For Jaime and Janette Garmizo, who draped themselves in Israeli flags featuring yellow ribbons, the march was both personal and political. The flags were brought back from Hostages Square in Tel Aviv during a recent humanitarian aid trip. The yellow ribbons, interwoven into the Star of David on each flag, are meant to symbolize 'the unity Israel has to bring their hostages home, dead or alive,' Jaime said. Janette, through tears, added, 'Us Jews never lose faith. I wake up every day praying for good news.' The Garmizos' also wore dogtags bearing Hebrew inscriptions that read 'Bring them home.' Jaime wears his every day. Nathaly Haratz Kaswan, an organizer with Loving Moms United, led the march wearing an Israeli-flag arm sleeve. She's become a key figure in hostage advocacy, even attending the State of the Union with Senator Rick Scott earlier this year. 'We are not ending this until they are all released,' she said. 'This is not over until then.' As the marchers reconvened at the Aventura Mall parking lot, they closed the march with recitals of the American and Israeli anthems. As attendees chanted 'Am Yisrael Chai,' the Hebrew saying meaning 'the people of Israel live,' Rabbi Yisroel Brusowankin of Chabad at Waterways told the Miami Herald that 'the only way forward is to continue living Jewishly — visibly, proudly and faithfully.' 'I think the haters are going to hate; antisemitism is the oldest hate in the world,' Brusowankin said. 'We're still here as a people because of our sacred mission, and nothing will stop that.' Correction: This article was updated to accurately identify Aventura Vice Mayor Cindy Orlinsky.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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California Protesters Clash With Federal Agents for a Second Day
The skirmish broke out in southern Los Angeles less than 24 hours after protesters marched downtown.
The Guardian
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Timothee Chalamet, livestock markets and praying hands: photos of the day
Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner attend a baseball game between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers Photograph:A beach covered in sargassum seaweed that has been washed ashore Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters King penguins at the Sea Life Aquarium Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP Sex workers in Mexico City organise a march on International Sex Workers' Day to demand social security and rights, and an end to violence against them Photograph: Sashenka Gutiérrez/EPA Wetland covered with Suaeda salsa, a plant also known as seepweed or sea-blite Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic party, react to an exit poll suggesting he has won the election Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Two young men hold on to a rope amid strong river currents while trying to cool off at the beginning of the monsoon season Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA Anchored fishing boats are covered with tarpaulins as the fishing season comes to an end at the Chowk Dongri village on the outskirts of Mumbai Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA A herder sits with his camels at a market Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images A Kashmiri Muslim woman, with hands decorated with henna, prays outside the shrine of Iranian scholar and Islamic saint Shah-e-Hamadan, in Indian-controlled Kashmir Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP People gathering at a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Maarrat Misrin, north of Idlib Photograph: Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images A Muslim pilgrim plays with pigeons outside the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP Vendors wait for customers at a livestock market on the outskirts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images A serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces checks an area for drones as he rides in a car, amid Russia's continuing attacks near the frontline in the Donetsk region Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tony Blair attend the Austrian World Summit, an annual climate conference that has taken place in Vienna since 2017 Photograph:The French president, Emmanuel Macron, (C) delivers a speech as he visits the Envision AESC battery production plant in Douai, Hauts-de-France Photograph: Teresa Suárez/EPA People ride bicycles during World Bicycle Day. In the Netherlands, bicycles are an essential part of daily life and transportation, supported by an extensive network of bike lanes across both urban and rural areas Photograph: Mouneb Taim/Anadolu/Getty Images
CBS News
02-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Attack in Boulder, Colorado, burns 12 people at march for Israeli hostages, officials say; suspect charged
A suspect is in custody after what the FBI is calling a "targeted act of violence" during a peaceful march in support of Israeli hostages at the outdoor Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Witnesses said the suspect used a "makeshift flamethrower" and threw Molotov cocktails that burned multiple victims, police and the FBI said. Boulder police initially said eight people were injured; they raised the total to 12 on Monday afternoon after officials said four more people with less serious injuries came forward. The suspect was identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Michalek said Sunday evening. Soliman was allegedly heard yelling "Free Palestine" during the attack, according to Michalek, who said that it was "clear this is a targeted act of violence" and it is being investigated as an act of terrorism. Soliman has been charged with multiple felony counts, including attempted murder, and a federal hate crimes charge. Soliman is an Egyptian national, government officials confirmed to CBS Colorado. He arrived in California in 2022 on a non-immigrant visa, the Department of Homeland Security said. That original visa expired in February 2023, and he had applied for asylum. Soliman had recently been living in Colorado Springs. The FBI said later Sunday night it was "conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity related to the attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder" in El Paso County, Colorado, where Colorado Springs is located. Soliman has been charged with multiple felony counts and a federal hate crimes charge. The walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza was taking place in Boulder's downtown at the time of the attack. Two sources said witnesses told investigators the suspect also yelled "End Zionist!" during the attack. Among those injured were four women and four men ranging in age from 52 to 88, police said. One was seriously injured, with Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn saying it would be "safe to say" that person was in critical condition. Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, the Chabad director at the University of Colorado Boulder, told CBS Colorado the 88-year-old victim is a Holocaust refugee who fled Europe, calling her a "very loving person." Another victim is a professor at CU, Wilhelm said. The people who were injured were outside the historic Boulder County Courthouse at 13th Street and Pearl Street. A burn scar could be seen in the space in front of the building. Witnesses said they saw people writhing on the ground and people running with water to try to help immediately afterward. UCHealth confirmed that two victims were flown by helicopter to its burn unit. Four others were taken to Boulder Community Health, police said, but they had all either been transferred or discharged later Sunday night, the hospital said. It did not provide specifics on how many had been discharged. Following the attack, which happened at 1:26 p.m. local time, three blocks of Pearl Street were evacuated. Investigators said there was a vehicle of interest in that zone, which an FBI official later said belonged to the suspect. The evacuations were lifted after nightfall. Omer Shachar, Run for Their Lives Denver co-leader, told CBS News the group reached out to Boulder police about security concerns surrounding the walk several times before Sunday's event. CBS News has reached out to Boulder police for comment. FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino described the incident as a terrorist attack and said FBI agents were at the scene Sunday afternoon. U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi released a statement Monday after the federal charge was filed. "The Department of Justice has swiftly charged the illegal alien perpetrator of this heinous attack with a federal hate crime and will hold him accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Our prayers are with the victims and our Jewish community across the world," she said. Bondi added, "This vile anti-Semitic violence comes just weeks after the horrific murder of two young Jewish Americans in Washington DC," referring to the fatal shooting of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21. "We will never tolerate this kind of hatred. We refuse to accept a world in which Jewish Americans are targeted for who they are and what they believe." Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on social media that the "National Counterterrorism Center is working with the FBI and local law enforcement on the ground investigating the targeted terror attack against a weekly meeting of Jewish community members who had just gathered in Boulder, CO to raise awareness of the hostages kidnapped during Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Thank you to first responders and local authorities for your quick response and action." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the victims were attacked "simply because they were Jews" and that he trusted U.S. authorities would prosecute "the cold blood perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law," according to the Reuters news agency. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who is Jewish, condemned the attack in a news release, saying it was a "heinous and targeted act on the Jewish community." "As the Jewish community reels from the recent antisemitic murders in Washington, D.C., it is unfathomable that the community is facing another antisemitic attack here in Boulder, on the eve of the holiday of Shavuot," Polis said. "Several individuals were brutally attacked while peacefully drawing attention to the plight of hostages who have been held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for 604 days. Hate is unacceptable in our Colorado for all, and I condemn this act of terror. The suspect should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Run for Their Lives, which organized the walk, said, "This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release." The group met at 1 p.m. at Pearl Street and 8th Street to walk the length of the Pearl Street Mall and back with a stop at the courthouse for a video. Av Kornfeld and Ed Victor CBS Ed Victor, who was participating in the walk, said they've been holding these silent marches every week since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack to raise awareness for the hostages still in Gaza. They stop at the courthouse to sing songs, tell stories and read the names of the hostages each week. He said around 30 people were participating in Sunday's walk. Victor said that the marchers occasionally encounter hecklers, but they try not to respond and continue peacefully down Pearl Street. People also often nod, clap or thank them as they walk by, he added. He said that he never expected that someone would attack them. "So we stood up, lined up in front of the old Boulder courthouse, and I was actually on the far west side. And there was somebody there that I didn't even notice, although he was making a lot of noise, but I'm just focused on my job of being quiet and getting lined up. And, from my point of view, all of a sudden, I felt the heat. It was a Molotov cocktail equivalent, a gas bomb in a glass jar, thrown. Av [another marcher] saw it, a big flame as high as a tree, and all I saw was someone on fire," said Victor. Victor said they tried to put the fire out. As another marcher with medical experience stepped in to take care of her, Victor stayed with her husband to comfort him. He said volunteers also rushed in to help, bringing water. "I saw the aftermath," said street performer Peter Irish. "It was like minutes after. I came out, it was chaos, people were writhing on the ground. It was traumatic to watch, to be honest with you. It was chaos." University of Colorado system President Todd Saliman said in a statement Sunday, "My deepest sympathies go out tonight to those keeping weekly vigil who were viciously attacked in Boulder today. I hope that they and their loved ones feel the support of our community as they struggle to comprehend what has happened. I know the shock and horror of today's violent act will have long echoes for each of the victims, their loved ones and members of the community. We must vocally and forcefully condemn this hateful act of violence targeting the Jewish community and prosecute those responsible." A joint statement from Boulder's Jewish community said: We are saddened and heartbroken to learn that an incendiary device was thrown at walkers at the Run for Their Lives walk on Pearl Street as they were raising awareness for the hostages still held in Gaza. We don't have all the details of what is unfolding, and we promise to keep our community informed. Our hearts go out to those who witnessed this horrible attack, and prayers for a speedy recovery to those who were injured. We are in touch with law enforcement about our Boulder Jewish community, and safety is our highest priority. We are working closely with SCN, Boulder PD, and the FBI. We are grateful for the first responders who are caring for our injured. We will continue to work together to share information and provide support for our community. When events like this enter our own community, we are shaken. Our hope is that we come together for one another. Strength to you all. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser denounced the attack and offered to help the victims in a release Sunday afternoon: My thoughts are with those injured and impacted by today's attack against a group that meets weekly on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall to call for the release of the hostages in Gaza. From what we know, this attack appears to be a hate crime given the group that was targeted. I have been in touch with Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty and have offered support from the Attorney General's Office. People may have differing views about world events and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, but violence is never the answer to settling differences. Hate has no place in Colorado. We all have the right to peaceably assemble and the freedom to speak our views. But these violent acts—which are becoming more frequent, brazen, and closer to home—must stop and those who commit these horrific acts must be fully held to account.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
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8 People Burned, Suspect in Custody After Attack with ‘Makeshift Flamethrower' at Israeli Hostage Rally in Colorado
Eight people were injured in an attack at a mall in Colorado on Sunday, June 1 Boulder Police said witnesses reported that the suspect — who is now in custody — threw a 'makeshift flamethrower' at a group of people and yelled "Free Palestine" According to CBS News, the group were taking part in a march in support of Israeli hostages, with the FBI now investigating the attack as "an act of terrorism" An attack at a mall in Colorado involving a flamethrower has left eight people injured. In a news release, Boulder Police said the attack — aimed at a 'group of individuals' — took place at the Pearl Street Mall on Sunday, June 1. 'Witnesses reported that the suspect used a makeshift flame thrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd,' the release read. 'The suspect was also heard to yell 'Free Palestine' during the attack.' 'The individuals were walking in a regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event,' the release continued, with CBS News reporting that those injured were taking part in a march in support of Israeli hostages, citing an FBI official. The eight injured were taken to Denver metro hospitals. The victims include four men and four women, aged between 52 and 88, per the release. The FBI is investigating the attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder with @BoulderPolice as an act of terrorism. If you have info please call 1-800-CALL-FBI. If you have digital media -- videos, social media posts, recordings -- please upload it at — FBI Denver (@FBIDenver) June 2, 2025 Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. According to CBS News, citing an FBI official, the suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned multiple victims. The suspect, who is now in custody, has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of El Paso County. 'He was taken to the hospital to be medically evaluated before being booked in the Boulder County Jail on multiple charges,' per the release. The FBI is also investigating the attack. In a post on X, the agency said they were investigating the attack as "an act of terrorism." Read the original article on People
