June 18, 2025.

A federal judge said Wednesday that prosecutors can proceed with a hate crime charge against a man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages. Mohamed Sabry Soliman appeared in federal court in Denver for a preliminary hearing following the June 1 attack in Boulder that injured at least eight people. Investigators say he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.” Prosecutors allege Soliman targeted people based on their national origin — their perceived connection to Israel. Soliman’s attorney argued that it wasn’t a hate crime because the evidence shows he was motivated by the demonstrators’ perceived political support for Israel.