Jewish family discovers neighbor accused of firebombing pro-Israel rally

Boulder, colo. – A Jewish observer couple described the horror to discover that their neighbor, whose woman recently struck their door with a gift of hanging rack, was suspected of bombing a peaceful pro-Israeli demonstration in the heart of Boulder.

The Costello family had barely started to unpack boxes in their new house in Colorado Springs when The FBI has shown At their door and explained a neighbor, the illegal Egyptian immigrant Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested for having pretended to be injured 12 people in front of the Boulder county’s justice palace.

“I go home and the FBI is waiting at my door. It’s a scary moment,” said David Costello with Fox News Digital. “They said to us:” You are not in trouble “, but they then asked if we knew what had happened to Boulder.”

The Costellos said they knew the Solimans, having met Soliman’s wife when she presented herself on their front steps offering cupcakes to welcome them in the neighborhood.

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“The woman came and gave us cupcakes,” said David. “We keep kosher, so we couldn’t eat them, but we accepted them, then we sort of throwing them.”

Imagining the previous interaction, FBI agents told Costellos that it was important that they knew the terrorist attack because of their visible Jewish identity, the couple said, the family proudly displaying a mezuzah at the door.

“He must have taken right in front of our house to go to Boulder,” said David. “He surely saw us move in [wearing a] Tzitzit and a kippah, and my wife’s head being covered. It is really by the grace of Hachem, that we were not attacked. … It is quite obvious that we are Jewish, as if he could easily have thrown a Molotov cocktail at our door – we have no exit at the back – it would have been absolutely disastrous for us. “”

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Because Costellos do not use phones or electronic devices during religious holidays, they did not have access to news due to their observation of Shavuot. Their only awareness of the incident came by people who strike their door to ask for interviews and ultimately the sharing of the FBI what had happened.

“I did not know how great the story was before I turned on my phone after the holidays,” said David’s wife Rivkah. “We moved here to be low, but suddenly, we were in the headlines.”

The couple had left their old district because of what they described as activism and persistent anti-Israeli discomfort in a Muslim majority area. David said they were looking for “a place to go and be under the radar”.

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Soliman is currently detained on a $ 10 million obligation And faces multiple accusations, including the attempted murder and federal crimes of hatred. According to the authorities, he admitted to having planned the attack for more than a year and expressed the desire to harm the “Zionist people”.

“It’s annoying,” said Rivkah. “They said that the deposit was set at $ 10 million, but it always means that there is a possibility that it can be released – and we live in the street. We have five young children. It is terrifying.”

“I hope people understand what it means for a Jewish family living in front of someone accused of terrorism,” she said.

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David said that the Shavuot holidays, which celebrates Jewish unit, have made the moment of the visit of the FBI particularly significant.

“We really felt like a miracle. Although symbols like a Mezuzah could make you a target, they also offer spiritual protection,” he said.

The couple and their family shared that their hope is that anti -Semitic feeling Do not continue to degenerate.

“We really don’t want to move,” said David. “But if it becomes dangerous, we may not have a choice.”

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We choose to stand up.

– David Costello

Despite fear, they say that experience has only strengthened their commitment to remain visible and explore their faith.

“When you are pushed, you can either disappear or stand up,” said David. “We choose to stand up.”