US EditionJewish congressman shares emotional message against political violence in wake of fatal shooting of Israeli Embassy staffers
- On May 21, 2025, two employees of the Israeli Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim , were shot and killed while leaving an event held at Washington, DC’s Capital Jewish Museum.
- This shooting followed rising tensions marked by anti-Israel protests, including threats and harassment against Jewish congressman Greg Landsman and his family over more than a year.
- On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman expressed his deep concern about the potential for political violence and called on those demonstrating against the Gaza conflict to protest peacefully.
- Landsman warned that this outcome was foreseeable if the dialogue around the issue does not change, and he urged for a ceasefire as well as for the Senate to approve the Antisemitism Awareness Act.
- Landsman emphasized the need to stop demonizing others to prevent violence, reflecting on the shooting’s emotional impact and comparing it to the murder of a Muslim child, Wadea Al-Fayoume.
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Rep. Landsman: Murder of Israeli Embassy staffers was the culmination of a ‘trajectory’ toward antisemitic violence
For Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH), the murder of two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum last week brought to life fears he has harbored for months, amid rising extremism in anti-Israel demonstrations. The Jewish Ohio congressman told Jewish Insider in an interview on Wednesday that days before the shooting, while attending a public event in downtown Cincinnati, he had a “really vivid image of being shot in the back of the he…
Killing of Israeli embassy staffers exposes root of protest
Since the shooting dead of Israeli embassy staffers Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in Washington, D.C., for the crime of simply being Jewish, the Portland Press Herald has done nothing but carry water for local anti-Semites hellbent on inflaming tensions regarding the conflict in the Middle East – a conflict started by Hamas when it […]
Newcombe: America and Anti-Semitism
By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., The shooting last Wednesday night of two Israeli diplomats, a couple that were soon to be engaged, was a horrible act of violence. It comes as anti-Semitism in America is increasing on college campuses and elsewhere. Many protesters reject Israel and embrace Hamas, which officially states, “Jihad is its path and […] The post Newcombe: America and Anti-Semitism appeared first on The Lid.
Pipeline of hate: From campus rhetoric to capital murder
The killing of two young Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C. is a tragic reminder of the dangers of allowing hate speech to be taught on college campuses and the need for universities to defend civilization against ideologies that lead to destruction.
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