Who is Elias Rodriguez, who murdered two Israelis in Washington DC?
- On Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., two Israeli embassy employees, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were tragically killed in a shooting outside a Jewish museum.
- The suspect, 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, approached the group leaving the event and opened fire after reportedly pacing outside and being detained by security.
- Lischinsky and Milgrim were a young couple preparing to get engaged, with Lischinsky having recently purchased a ring and planning a proposal in Jerusalem next week.
- Following his arrest, Rodriguez held up a red keffiyeh and loudly proclaimed "free, free Palestine," with authorities noting his involvement in a leftist Marxist group that supports Palestine.
- The killings prompted widespread tributes and condemnation, with authorities pledging to hold Rodriguez accountable and the U.S. Attorney's office expected to prosecute the case.
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"I Did It for Palestine": the Shooter of the Washington Jewish Museum Charged with Murders
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Jew-hatred makes strange bedfellows. Islamists and leftists would appear to see the world in diametrically opposed ways—and yet they are of one mind when it comes to the question of Jews and Israel. That was on full display earlier this week in Washington, D.C., when two young people were shot to death outside of the Jewish museum. Their alleged killer was affiliated with a Marxist group that glorifies Hamas and other Islamist terrorist organiza…
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