Melat Kiros says actions of Israel inspire attacks on Jewish people
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Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill on the Democratic Socialists’ growing influence within the party. Melat Kiros, 29, defeated a long-time incumbent in the Colorado primary. Cyrus has advocated for policies such as abolishing ICE, Medicare for all, and ending the ‘genocide in Palestine’.
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Socalist Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros accused Israel’s activities in the Middle East of inspiring attacks on Jewish people in other countries in an interview Wednesday.
Kiros is part of a wave of far-left anti-Israel candidates gaining popularity in the Democratic Party. He won his primary in the Denver area this week, unseating longtime incumbent Diana Degette after winning the primary for far-left candidates in New York last month.
Colorado Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser condemned his hesitancy to answer on whether last year’s deadly attack on a pro-Israel rally in Boulder could be described as antisemitic. 9News presenter brought to Kiros earlier this week.
MELAT KIROS BECAME THE 28TH EXTREME LEFT CANDIDATE TO WIN THIS YEAR’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION WHEN SOCIALISTS COLLECTED POWER
Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Cyrus defeated incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., in the Democratic primary. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
“I spoke with Attorney General Phil Weiser, who won the Democratic gubernatorial primary last night. It’s very likely that he will be the next governor of Colorado, just as it is very likely that you will be a member of the Colorado congressional delegation next year,” the host said. he said. “He has some real concerns about what you said about Israel and specifically the firebombing of Jewish people in Boulder, and he told me he wanted to sit down and talk to you so you could hear where he was coming from and hear where you were coming from. Are you open to that?”
“Absolutely,” he said of the prospect of chatting with Weiser. “You know, at the end of the day, there was a horrific attack on a group of Jews who were peacefully protesting in Boulder, and we see that Israel’s actions put the Jewish people in grave danger, and the resulting increased hatred and antisemitism is something that I intend to prioritize and combat.”
He added: “I’m really looking forward to sitting down and talking with Phil Weiser to figure out how we can work together to combat this hatred.”
COLORADO SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CONSIDERED THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS AS ‘INEVITABLE’ DUE TO US FOREIGN POLICY
Video footage shows a man later identified as Mohamed Soliman throwing an incendiary device at a group of pro-Israel supporters (off-camera) in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, June 1, 2025. Soliman was later arrested by the police. (Alex Osante)
In the aforementioned interview, Kiros said of the convicted bomber, “I don’t know what’s in the heart of the perpetrator,” claiming instead: “All I know is that he went and attacked innocent people for what they believed in, and I don’t even know what the people who attended that protest believed. In fact, most of them were probably just there to want the people who were kidnapped on October 7th to return to their families. That’s not a political stance. It’s a statement in itself.”
Mohamed Soliman’s attack took place on June 1, 2025, targeting a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder. eighty two years old Karen Diamond was murdered and about a dozen others were injured.
Suleiman appeared disguising himself as a gardener According to prosecutors, two flaming projectiles were thrown at the demonstrators before they took action.
He pleaded guilty to charges including murder in May and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Suleiman expressed his regret for his crime and even said that he deserved the death penalty. The New York Times reported. He denied that he was motivated by hatred of Jews, but instead launched into what the Times called “a rambling diatribe against Zionism, which he described as the ‘enemy’.”
He could still face the death penalty on federal hate crime charges.
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Democratic Colorado gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser criticized congressional candidate Melat Kiros’ remarks about the deadly Boulder bombing targeting Jewish people. (Hyoung Chang/Denver Post)
Cyrus made his opposition to Israel the focus of his successful primary campaign. In his victory speech after confirming his candidacy, he said the following: one of his main goals It was “to end the genocide in Palestine.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Kiros campaign for comment.
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Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick and Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
