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25-05-2025
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Bestselling author calls murdered Israeli embassy employees 'genocide cheerleaders' in social media post
An influential anti-Israel author expressed anger on Thursday towards the two Israeli embassy staffers who were murdered in Washington, D.C. last week. Author Susan Abulhawa attacked the murder victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, in an X post, calling them "genocide cheerleaders" and saying there is too much bloodshed at the hands of Israel to feel sorry for them after they were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum. "Now we're supposed to feel bad for two genocide cheerleaders after watching these colonizer baby killers slaughter people by the hundreds every day for two years," Abulhawa wrote on social media the day after the soon-to-be-engaged couple were killed. Suspect Accused Of Killing Israeli Embassy Staffers In Dc Could Face More Charges Lischinsky and Milgrim were shot and killed while departing an event at the museum on Wednesday. A man authorities identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago has been charged in the killings and faces the death penalty. Upon his arrest, Rodriguez screamed, "Free Palestine!" Read On The Fox News App Abulhawa's post continued: "I've seen the inside of too many children's skulls to give a crap about the human garbage who get off on mass murder. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a false flag to focus on manufactured antisemitism instead of the actual holocaust being committed by Jewish supremacists." Antisemitism Spiking Around The World, Adl Task Force Finds In Its 1St-ever Global Report In a previous post, Abulhawa rationalized that the murders were a natural response to Israel going unchecked for its "holocaust" in Gaza. "Natural logic: when governments fail to hold Israel accountable for an actual holocaust being committed before our very eyes, no genocidal Zionist should be safe anywhere in the world. What Mr. Rodriguez did should come as no surprise. In fact, I'm surprised it has not happened sooner," she wrote. Abulhawa also suggested that the suspect was following his conscience, adding, "Human beings with a conscience literally cannot bear to witness such evil day and day out being inflicted upon the bodies, minds, and futures of an utterly defenseless people, by such a hateful, racist, colonial state." Abulhawa is the author of several books, including "Mornings In Jenin," a novel about a Palestinian family displaced from their homes by Israel in 1948, that has sold over one million copies. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Her social media account on X is filled with anti-Israel posts. She has also written a number of articles for the digital outlet, "The Electronic Intifada," several of which accuse Israel of committing a "holocaust." In one, titled, "Israel is dragging the world into darkness," she wrote, "Israel does not belong in the modern world. It is the child of European colonialism and Europe's genocidal anti-Semitism, imposed by force and fire and Western guilt on a land already inhabited by an indigenous people." Abulhawa did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Bestselling author calls murdered Israeli embassy employees 'genocide cheerleaders' in social media post
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Two Israeli diplomats shot, killed during event at Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC
A pro-Palestinian man is in custody after allegedly killing two Israeli embassy staff members who were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, authorities confirmed. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference that officers responded to multiple calls of a shooting near the museum at around 9:08 p.m. on Wednesday. When authorities arrived at the scene, a man and a woman were found unconscious and not breathing. Despite life-saving efforts from first responders, Smith said both were pronounced dead. A 30-year-old man identified as Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, is believed to have committed the act alone and is in custody, Smith said, adding that his gun was also recovered. House Staffer Victim Of Armed Carjacking In Popular Washington Neighborhood Smith said the preliminary investigation shows Rodriguez was allegedly observed pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four people exiting the building, including the two victims, and began shooting. Read On The Fox News App He then entered the museum where he was detained by event security. While in custody, he yelled "Free, free Palestine!" Smith said. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser described the shooting as "horrific," and assured the community "there is no active threat." She also said the city "will not tolerate this violence or hate." "We will not tolerate any acts of terrorism," Bowser said, in part. "We will not tolerate antisemitism." Antisemitism Spiking Around The World, Adl Task Force Finds In Its 1St-ever Global Report Tal Naim Cohen, a spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in the capital, confirmed to Fox News that two diplomats were shot "at close range" while an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) was taking place at the museum. "We have full faith in law enforcement authorities on both the local and federal levels to apprehend the shooter and protect Israel's representatives and Jewish communities throughout the United States," Cohen said. The event at the museum was for young Jewish professionals who work in foreign policy and had a panel discussion focused on finding humanitarian solutions for Gaza, Fox News learned. Israel's Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, said the two victims were dating and on the verge of engagement. Leiter said the man had just purchased a ring "with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem." Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said DHS is "actively investigating" the incident and "working to get more information to share." "Please pray for the families of the victims. We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice," Noem wrote on X. Danny Danon, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, said the deadly shooting was a "depraved act of anti-Semitic(sic) terrorism" in a statement posted to X late Wednesday night. "Harming diplomats and the Jewish community is crossing a red line. We are confident that the US authorities will take strong action against those responsible for this criminal act. Israel will continue to act resolutely to protect its citizens and representatives – everywhere in the world," he wrote. Steven Jensen, the FBI's Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office, said the agency will be investigating the "heinous crime" for hate crime motivation or ties to potential article source: Two Israeli diplomats shot, killed during event at Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC
