A man with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails attacked a peaceful march in Boulder, Colo., Sunday afternoon. The participants were raising awareness of hostages still held by Hamas fighters after the militant group’s deadly 2023 raid on Israel.

The suspect in Sunday’s rampage allegedly yelled, “Free Palestine!” as he attacked. Eight people, ranging in age from 52 to 88, were wounded. Two were flown to a Denver-area hospital with severe burns. One is a Holocaust survivor, according to news reports.

We cannot fathom how such mindless violence helps the Palestinian cause. We cannot imagine how the attack was anything other than an antisemitic hate crime; legitimate criticism of Israeli government policy does not include incendiary assaults on civilians in the United States. We d

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