The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are warning of an “elevated threat” facing the Jewish community in the wake of two attacks: Sunday’s Molotov cocktail assault in Boulder, Colorado, and last month’s killing of two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, D.C.
The Israel-Hamas conflict “may motivate other violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators with similar grievances to conduct violence against Jewish and Israeli communities and their supporters,” the FBI and DHS said in a public service announcement issued Thursday night. “Foreign terrorist organizations also may try to exploit narratives related to the conflict to inspire attacks in the United States.”
The public should “remain vigilant” and “report any threats of violence or suspicious activity to law enforcement,” the agencies said.
The PSA references Sunday’s attack in Boulder when Mohamed Soliman allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at a group of marchers advocating for the release of Israeli hostages, according to prosecutors. Fifteen people, including a Holocaust survivor, were injured, officials said.
Soliman, who was arrested at the scene, allegedly yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack, the FBI said.
The PSA also mentions the May 21 killings of two Israeli Embassy staff members. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were fatally shot as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. When the suspect was arrested, he began to chant, “free, free Palestine,” according to police.
The Anti-Defamation League has documented a dramatic rise in acts of hate targeting Jewish people in the U.S. since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack in Israel. In 2024, the ADL said it recorded a record high of 9,354 antisemitic incidents in the U.S., marking a 344% increase over the past five years and a 893% increase over the past 10 years.
“I am angry,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said a news conference in Boulder on Wednesday.
The FBI and @DHSgov have issued a Public Service Announcement to highlight potential public safety concerns related to ongoing threats to Jewish and Israeli communities: https://t.co/JMMcAdiheZ pic.twitter.com/VxQpMdD3WH
— FBI (@FBI) June 6, 2025
In 1990 during the PLO bomb threat the Rebbe introduced everyon give the equivalent of 3 meals to tzedaka, 3 extra tehillim, Torah learning , take on a hachlata . https://fb.watch/A32Hi6tMKb/?mibextid=z4kJoQ
We are just not going to live in fear, nor accept mass surveillance, nor give up our ability to live free, or the right to bear arms and protect ourselves. Sorry FBI. Nice try.
Maybe ship the illegals back if you care so much about our safety? Especially the terrorists you know about in advance that you set up.
Everyone must learn self defense. It may help you , plus it may help you defend another person. Learn how to shoot a gun , it won’t help you if you are personally being attacked, but you can help others, as has been seen in Israel numerous times