‘Globalise the intifada,’ they chanted. This is what that looks like. Two Israeli embassy staffers gunned down as they left the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram had been attending an event for young Jews working in foreign policy organised by the American Jewish Committee. One of the focuses of the evening was finding a way to alleviate the humanitarian suffering in Gaza.
Yaron and Sarah were not only colleagues but a couple. Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, says Yaron had bought an engagement ring and was planning to propose to Sarah next week in Jerusalem. There will be no next week in Jerusalem for Yaron and Sarah.
Yaron and Sarah were murdered in a climate of lies and vilification and hatred
The suspect, now in custody, is said to have chanted ‘free, free Palestine’ as he was apprehended. We don’t know as yet his broader worldview or how it led him to conclude that killing Jews was the answer.
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