PM: ‘Antisemitic attacks around the world a direct result of blood libels against Jewish state, people’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the “vicious terror attack” in Colorado, in a relatively rare statement on a Jewish holiday.

“This attack was aimed against peaceful people who wished to express their solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas, simply because they were Jews,” he says in a statement published on X.

“I trust the United States authorities to prosecute the cold-blooded perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law and do everything possible to prevent future attacks against innocent civilians,” Netanyahu says.

“The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped,” he says, echoing an earlier statement by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who blamed the attack on “pure antisemitism fueled by the blood libels spread in the media.”

At least eight people were wounded yesterday in Boulder, Colorado, including one person in a critical condition, when activists rallying for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza were targeted in a firebombing attack by a man shouting “end Zionists,” which the FBI said it was investigating as an act of terrorism.