'I don’t feel safe in America anymore'

Given that a man shouted out, “Free Palestine” as he began to set Jews on fire, who had assembled with their pro-Israel group, “Run for Their Lives,” calling for the release of Israeli hostages, it seems odd that American law enforcement would claim to be investigating the possibility of this attack being antisemitically motivated.
The vibrant community of Boulder, CO, where the incident occurred, is home to an estimated 35,000 Jews, up from the 19,000 of a decade ago. It is now the site of an antisemitic terror attack perpetrated by an Egyptian national, illegal alien who had been admitted into the country under the Biden administration, per DHS (Department of Homeland Security) officials, according to a report from Breitbart News.
“Mohamed Sabry Soliman, age 45, overstayed his visa, granted to him in August, 2022, after supposedly filing an asylum claim.” Clearly intending to do harm to Americans, he succeeded in “injuring and burning six victims between the ages of 67-88 as he hurled an incendiary device into the crowd.”
Sam King, a Jewish resident of the Boulder community, who has previously participated in the “Run for Their Lives” events, missed the event but reacted by saying, “Today is Shavuot, and part of that holiday is to stay up all night. I don’t think any of us will have any problem doing that this year, unfortunately.” King described the growing antisemitic atmosphere as being exhausting, summarizing his experience by saying, “I don’t feel safe in America or Boulder anymore.”
This is what logically follows the reckless and purposeful decision of allowing unvetted people who are able to freely walk across the border of a country – not knowing what their intentions are or how they hoped to infiltrate an unsuspecting population, some of whom may have advocated for their entry, feeling misplaced sympathy for them.
But who thought that any other outcome would take place? Many of us still remember these migrants being questioned on the border by Fox reporter Bill Melugin, asking why they had chosen to come to America. One such individual boldly declared that everyone would be hearing much more about him shortly. Was that a veiled threat – warning us, in advance, that he already had nefarious intentions?
The land of the free and the home of the brave is still reeling from the Washington D.C. attack where two Israeli embassy workers were gunned down in cold-blood as they exited a Jewish event. The attacker, also shouting, “Free, free Palestine” was committed to eliminating Jews, stating that he had done this for Gaza.
In my last article entitled, “The Global Intifada is Here,” I related recent events which took place in Paris, just over the weekend when gangs of North African Muslims violently took to the streets to burn tires, run over people and throw bottles at the police, in a show to flex their power by creating anarchy and chaos. They waited for the perfect moment to rise up and intimidate the local population which probably suspected that something like this could happen but hoped it wouldn’t.
But given their numbers, along with their contrasting culture of violence, coupled with their extreme religious ideology and hate of Western culture, who naively believed that uprisings like this could be avoided?
When frightening events, such as these, occur in Europe and America, it’s not long before other sizeable Muslim communities in Australia, Canada and elsewhere feel emboldened and exhilarated enough to also consider following the examples of making their mark as the dominant, fearless interlopers who are not willing to play by the rules or fit into the societies which embraced them, hoping that they would make positive contributions to it.
Sadly, the vast majority of these newcomers are not interested in being a force for good or blessing their new communities with anything useful and upbuilding. It is more than likely that many were sent to embed themselves in vulnerable areas where they can sow fear and wear away at the confidence of those who had come to believe in the safety and tranquility of their free democracies with guaranteed protections.
That has now come to an end, because trusting, witless people foolishly believed that part of the American ethos was to welcome in the stranger – no questions asked. But when that stranger is part of a society which cheers the death of youths as an honorable and even desirable end, rather than value and nurture a new generation of young people by encouraging them to study, create their own families and live good and productive lives, these are strangers who are best stopped at the door and refused entry.
Theirs is a way of life that is antithetical to all peaceful societies which count life as a gift not to be squandered but, rather, cherished and protected. It is this ethos which distinguishes the enlightened world from the barbaric savages whose sole purpose is to conquer at all costs, killing all who get in their way, preventing them from attaining the power without which they claim victimhood and an underdog status.
There is already evidence that Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and other similar terror group members are in every part of the world. Coming as early as 2014, it wasn’t to live a better life. In an article entitled, “Jihadist infiltration of Migrant Flows to Europe,” it was already noted in 2019 that “61% of terrorist asylum-seekers are known or alleged to have engaged in terrorist activities.”
It was then that “Swedish authorities arrested a man who was driving around the town square in a suspicious manner, later discovering his intentions to commit “a terrorist crime” based on evidence recovered from his vehicle.”
In November 2015, two Paris attackers had come to Europe posing as migrants. The same was disclosed about perpetrators of the March 2016 bombings in Brussels.
Now, America is experiencing the same phenomenon. Terrorist asylum-seekers who poured into the border from Syria, North Africa, Afghanistan and other places are tucked away inside of most cities, waiting for the opportune moment to act. “Among individuals processed at official American ports of entry, 227 were discovered to be on the terror database in 2023”. Just imagine how many came in illegally.
Undoubtedly, Sam King may likely soon have company from other Americans who will come to his same conclusion - that they, too, no longer feel safe in America.

A former Jerusalem elementary and middle-school principal who made Aliyah in 1993 and became a member of Kibbutz Reim but now lives in the center of the country with her husband. She is the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, based on the principles from the book of Proverbs - available on Amazon.