US EditionSuspected Washington gunman is BLM protester who flaunted support for Hamas
- Two Israeli embassy employees, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were fatally shot outside a museum event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
- The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, was seen walking back and forth near the museum before the shooting and was apprehended by event security afterward.
- Lischinsky and Milgrim were a young couple planning to become engaged, with Lischinsky having recently bought a ring and intending to pop the question during their upcoming visit to Jerusalem.
- While being arrested, Rodriguez loudly proclaimed support for Palestine and has been identified as a member of the far-left Party for Socialism and Liberation, known for its pro-Palestine activism.
- The shooting caused widespread grief, prompting police to seek accountability and officials to condemn antisemitic hate, with prosecution expected by the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington.
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"I Did It for Palestine": the Shooter of the Washington Jewish Museum Charged with Murders
Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago-born American, has for a short time belonged to a left-wing extremist group. The FBI is investigating whether this is an anti-Semitic terrorist act.
JOIN US LIVE: The Murders in D.C.—and the Roots of the Global Intifada
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…
‘I Did It for Palestine’: Who Is Elias Rodriguez, Accused of Killing Employees of the Israeli Embassy?
Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old Chicago philologist who had a connection in the past with a leftist group, is the main accused of killing two Israeli embassy workers in the U.S. on Wednesday May 21 at his departure from the Jewish Museum in Washington after he himself indicated to the police where the weapon he allegedly used was.Rodríguez, who was identified by Washington police chief Pamela Smith, was born and raised in Chicago, where he still …
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