Biden postpones trip to Colorado over Israeli war, condemns Illinois murder of Muslim boy, 6

President Biden postponed a planned trip to Colorado Monday, opting to remain in Washington due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Biden, 80, was scheduled to travel to far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert’s congressional district and tout his administration’s environmental record at the world’s largest wind tower manufacturing plant.

“It will be rescheduled,” an administration official said of the planned visit. “The President will remain at the White House to participate in national security meetings.”

It was not immediately clear whether the president would make any public statements Monday.

Israel is expected to launch an invasion of the Gaza Strip following the killing of more than 1,300 people Oct. 7 in a terror attack by Hamas.

The butchery has ramped up tensions between Israeli and Palestinian supporters in the US, highlighted by the brutal Saturday murder of a 6-year-old Muslim boy in Illinois.

A suspect identified as 71-year-old Joseph Czuba allegedly stabbed 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume 26 times and wounded the boy’s mother.

Czuba shouted, “You Muslims must die!” before the deadly attack, text messages sent to Al-Fayoume’s father indicated.

The alleged killer used a large military-style knife and detectives believe the family were “targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” per the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

In a statement late Sunday, Biden said he was “shocked and sickened” to learn of the killing.

“This horrific act of hate has no place in America, and stands against our fundamental values: freedom from fear for how we pray, what we believe, and who we are,” the president continued.

“As Americans, we must come together and reject Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry and hatred. I have said repeatedly that I will not be silent in the face of hate. We must be unequivocal. There is no place in America for hate against anyone,” Biden added.

At least 30 Americans were killed in the Oct. 7 attack, while 13 remain missing, according to the State Department.

Another 199 individuals are believed to be held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, including some Americans.

Czuba has since been charged with two counts of hate crimes, first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, per the sheriff’s office.

Biden has insisted publicly that Israel has the right and duty to respond with military force to the Oct. 7 attack, while pushing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind the scenes to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties.

In public, the president has also warned against any extended occupation of Gaza, something Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog has said the Jewish state does not intend to do.

“Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas, and the extreme elements of Hamas, don’t represent all the Palestinian people,” Biden told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday. “It would be a mistake … for Israel to occupy Gaza again.”