US EditionIsraeli Embassy suspect charged with murder of a foreign official
- Two Israeli Embassy staff members were fatally shot on Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
- The shooting occurred amid heightened tensions from Israel's war with Hamas, which began after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
- Suspect Elias Rodriguez, 31, from Chicago, opened fire on a group leaving an event, was detained by security, and chanted “Free, free Palestine” after arrest.
- The victims, Yaron Lischinsky from Israel and Sarah Milgrim from the United States, were a young couple engaged to be married, with Lischinsky planning to propose in Jerusalem the following week.
- Authorities charged Rodriguez with murder and called the killings an antisemitic act of terror that reflects ongoing threats to Israeli diplomats.
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Murdered Israeli embassy officials were supporters of D.C.’s LGBTQ synagogue
The two Israeli embassy officials who were shot to death outside D.C.’s Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday evening, May 21, were strong supporters of Bet Mishpachah, D.C.’s LGBTQ supportive synagogue, according to a statement it released. “We are especially devastated by the loss of our dear colleague and friend of Bet Mishpachah, Sarah Milgram, and her soon to be fiancé, Yaron Lischinsky,” the LGBTQ synagogue said in a May 22 statement. “Sarah was…
Political Group Wants Alderman To Apologize For Falsely Linking It To DC Shooting Suspect
ALBANY PARK — A local progressive political group is threatening legal action against an alderman who falsely tried to link them to Elias Rodriguez, the Albany Park man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, D.C.As law enforcement searched Rodriguez’s apartment Thursday, some people — including Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th), former mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green and Iris Martinez, Cook County circuit court clerk…
D.C. attorney Pirro says D.C. terrorist who murdered Jewish couple could get the death penalty
A 31-year-old man from Chicago, Elias Rodriguez, shot and killed two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside of the Capital Jewish Museum. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro declared that Elias Rodriguez, the man arrested for killing two Jewish diplomats on Wednesday, may faced the death penalty if convicted. The 31-year-old man from Chicago shot and killed two Israel…
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