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A Hamas-supporting “domestic terrorist” has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for firebombing a University of California campus and hurling lit Molotov cocktails at a federal courthouse.

Casey Goonan, 35, was sentenced earlier this week over the spate of Hamas-inspired attacks he unleashed at the University of California, Berkeley, and a federal building in Oakland in June last year.

Goonan pleaded guilty in January to maliciously damaging or destroying property — admitting he carried out the shocking attacks to back the Palestinians and inspired by Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks.


  Casey Goonan was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the attacks. Alameda County Sheriff's Office Casey Goonan was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the attacks. Alameda County Sheriff's Office

  Goonan pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging or destroying property. United States Attorneys Goonan pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging or destroying property. United States Attorneys

“This domestic terrorist could have taken untold lives had his violent attacks been more successful, and using the evils of Hamas as motivation speaks to his depravity,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.


  The car went up in flames shortly after. United States Attorneys The car went up in flames shortly after. United States Attorneys

The anti-Israel agitator and academic was caught on camera stashing a bag filled with six explosives under a marked University of California Police Department patrol car parked near the UC Berkeley campus.

He then lit the bag on fire and fled as the car went up in flames, a criminal complaint stated.

Just days later, he tried to firebomb the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and Courthouse in Oakland, court filings show.


  Goonan was caught on camera stashing a bag filled with explosives under a University of California Police Department patrol car. United States Attorneys Goonan was caught on camera stashing a bag filled with explosives under a University of California Police Department patrol car. United States Attorneys

He initially tried to break the building’s windows with rocks so he could toss the Molotov cocktails in but was thwarted by security.

Instead, he threw the explosives in a planter near the side of building and lit them on fire.


  The fire was extinguished by authorities. United States Attorneys The fire was extinguished by authorities. United States Attorneys

Goonan also set a spate of other fires on the UC Berkeley campus around that time as he called on others to carry out similar anti-Israel attacks, prosecutors said.

“He will have many long years in prison to think about his crimes, and the Department of Justice will continue prosecuting political violence across America,” Bondi said.

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