Just a short walk from where an Egyptian national firebombed a Jewish group, a woman held a bullhorn to her mouth and called the group’s lea
by Ethan Barton
Just a short walk from where an Egyptian national firebombed a Jewish group, a woman held a bullhorn to her mouth and called the group’s leader "a genocidal cunt" to her face.
"Rachel Amaru is a genocidal cunt," the woman shouted in a video obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. She yelled it over and over while mocking Amaru for praying for the Israelis that Hamas is holding hostage.
"She loves to pray for 20 people. Twenty people who are alive," she yelled. She ignored the fact that Hamas is also holding 28 deceased hostages.
Flanking her side was Aaron Stone, a Boulder city council candidate and an apparent ringleader behind a slew of anti-Israel counterprotests targeting Run For Their Lives, a group that hosts weekly marches intended to raise awareness for Israeli hostages. The group was the victim of a terrorist attack less than three months ago, when Mohamad Soliman shouted "We have to end Zionists" as he threw molotov cocktails, killing one and injuring 15.
Stone made no effort to distance himself or stop the woman from hurling insults. Instead, he stood by silently until the pro-Israel protester filming the agitators passed him.
"Good to see you here," he said calmly as agitators continued to scream at the Jewish group.
Harassment against Run For Their Lives has become so pervasive recently that the group’s weekly marches "will no longer be publicly advertised and will take place under heavy security at undisclosed locations," the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) announced Wednesday.
"In recent weeks, anti-Israel protesters, including a candidate for Boulder city council, have stalked and screamed vile insults at participants, even mentioning organizers’ children," the group said. The JCRC "has reviewed videos where protestors hurled slurs like ‘genocidal c**t,’ ‘racist,’ and ‘Nazi.’ The harassment has spilled into Boulder city council meetings, where Jewish residents have been intimidated and bullied."
Stone has played no small part in that. He’s helped organize counterprotests that follow closely behind Run For Their Lives during their weekly marches, shouting the names of babies he says the IDF killed, and has called Amaru a "Nazi" on at least one occasion, video obtained by the Free Beacon shows.
Stefanie Clarke, the co-executive director of Stop Antisemitism Colorado, said it’s unacceptable that "Jews in Boulder are once again being forced into hiding," particularly so soon after Soliman’s terror attack.
"The fact that someone seeking a seat on City Council is at the center of this harassment should be cause for alarm," she said in a statement. "Boulder cannot claim to be a city of inclusion and justice while giving a platform to Jew hate."
For the most part, Stone lets his fellow agitators do the dirty work of hurling slurs and insults while he stands by quietly. But rather than condemning or distancing himself from their behavior, he defended it in an interview with the Free Beacon.
