US EditionTwo Israeli Embassy Staffed Killed in Antisemitic Shooting Outside DC Jewish Museum
- Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were fatally shot Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
- The shooting occurred after a museum event, involving suspect Elias Rodriguez, who had been observed pacing prior to opening fire and was soon apprehended inside the museum by the event’s security personnel.
- Rodriguez, a 31-year-old from Chicago, chanted “Free, free Palestine” in custody and identified where he hid the handgun he used, suggesting a motive linked to antisemitism amid heightened tensions.
- Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said the couple was about to be engaged, with the man having purchased a ring to propose in Jerusalem, while President Trump called the killings antisemitic and urged an end to such violence.
- The shootings deepened concerns about antisemitism in the U.S., prompting vows from officials to prosecute fully and protect the Jewish community amid rising global tensions linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Statement from AFP President and CEO Emily Seidel on the Antisemitic Terror Attack in Washington, DC - Americans for Prosperity
ARLINGTON, VA – AFP President and CEO Emily Seidel issued the following statement in response to the horrific antisemitic terror attack that occurred overnight in Washington, DC: “We are horrified and saddened by the antisemitic murders of two Israeli Embassy aides in our nation’s capital. Hatred and bigotry are antithetical to everything Americans for Prosperity stands for, and the rampant antisemitism we’ve seen sweep over our country in the l…
Israel accuses Europe of 'antisemitic incitement' after Washington shooting
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of "toxic antisemitic incitement" he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington took place.
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