US EditionIsrael says embassy staffers shooting reflects ‘alarming’ rise in antisemitic sentiment
- Two employees of the Israeli Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, lost their lives in a shooting incident outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
- The shooting followed an event at the museum and involved suspect Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, who was detained by event security after entering the museum.
- Rodriguez chanted "Free, free Palestine," implied committing the shooting, and led police to the handgun used; officials say no prior interactions or radar flagged him.
- Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter described the victims as friends and colleagues, noting the man had planned to propose in Jerusalem; leaders condemned the antisemitic attack.
- Authorities are prosecuting the case, emphasizing zero tolerance for antisemitism and terrorism amid heightened security and deep community grief over the deadly attack.
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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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