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The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Pro-Gaza demonstrators disrupt filming of new Gal Gadot film in protest of Israeli actress as Met arrests five
FIVE protesters have been arrested after they allegedly targeted the filming of Gal Gadot's new movie. The demonstrators disrupted production at several locations across London in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Police said. 2 Five protesters have been arrested after they allegedly targeted the filming of Gal Gadot's new movie Credit: Getty The force said the protestors targeted sets "solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli". The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (Pacbi) has since argued people who support their group should boycott Gadot films. Gadot is understood to currently be filming an action thriller called The Runner in the capital. Read More Police were called to a set location in Westminster on Wednesday. Officers detained five people on suspicion of harassment and offences under Section 241 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act. Two of the arrests were in relation to previous protests, while three were in response to incidents that unfolded on Wednesday. All five remain in custody. Most read in The Sun Supt Neil Holyoak said: "While we absolutely acknowledge the importance of peaceful protest, we have a duty to intervene where it crosses the line into serious disruption or criminality. "We have been in discussions with the production company to understand the impact of the protests on their work and on any individuals involved. "I hope today's operation shows we will not tolerate the harassment of or unlawful interference with those trying to go about their legitimate professional work in London." The Runner, produced by David Kosse, stars Gadot as a lawyer on a mission to rescue her kidnapped son. Gadot has been pictured back on set this week, despite the protests. Demonstrations also followed the actress to her A Pro-Palestine group stood outside the ceremony carrying signs reading: "Viva Viva Palestina". In a Variety interview earlier this week, Gadot said: "After October 7th [2023], I don't talk politics — because who cares about the celebrity talking about politics? "I'm an artist. I want to entertain people. I want to bring hope and be a beacon of light whenever I say anything about the world. "But on October 7th, when people were abducted from their homes, from their beds, men, women, children, elderly, Holocaust survivors, were going through the horrors of what happened that day, I could not be silent. "I'm not a hater. I'm a grandchild of a Holocaust survivor who came to Israel and established his family from scratch after his entire family was erased in "And on the other side of my family, I'm eighth generation Israeli. I'm an indigenous person of Israel. "I am all about humanity and I felt like I had to advocate for the hostages. I am praying for better days for all. "I want everybody to have good life and prosperity, and the ability to raise their children in a safe environment." 2 A Pro-Palestine group stood outside the ceremony carrying signs reading: "Viva Viva Palestina" Credit: Getty
The Journal
6 days ago
- Business
- The Journal
Dáil briefly suspended after protesters interrupt debate on ‘Israeli war bonds'
DÁIL PROCEEDINGS WERE briefly suspended after protesters in the public gallery disrupted a debate over Sinn Féin's bill that seeks to stop the Irish Central Bank facilitating the sale of Israeli 'war bonds' across the EU. The Government is set to block the Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025, despite a legal opinion from the Oireachtas Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, seen by The Journal, which says the legislation would be constitutional. Chants of 'no more genocide' and 'stop funding genocide' could be heard from the protesters following a speech by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe before they were removed from the public gallery. Footage shared on social media also showed the protesters unfurling a banner in the public gallery with the words 'Sanction Israel'. The Dáil was suspended for five minutes as the protesters were removed. Tonight in the Irish Parliament the Dublin government was brought to a halt by Pro-Palestine activists who interrupted proceedings to protest the state's inaction on and complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Well done to all those involved! — Social Rights Ireland 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 (@SocialRightsIRL) May 27, 2025 When proceedings resumed, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the views expressed by the protesters in the public gallery 'is where it's at'. 'We need that level of anger it seems directed at the government because they're on some sort of vanity trip in which they don't recognise the reality of what is going on,' she said. McDonald called Donohoe's speech 'an utter, utter disgrace'. It comes as pressure has been mounting on the Government to introduce legislation of this kind in response to Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank. Explainer: Why are pro-Palestine groups calling for Ireland to prevent the sale of Israeli 'war bonds'? In his speech, Donohoe said he has received preliminary advice from the Attorney General which points to Sinn Féin's bill 'conflicting with EU treaties and our obligations as a Member State, which suggest that it is unworkable'. 'Importantly, this Bill does not materially impact on the ability of Israel to raise money by selling bonds,' he said. 'If our goal is to uphold the international rule of law, then we must be sure not to violate it. This bill does not meet the threshold to be considered consistent with EU and international law.' Bill 'unworkable' He said the proposed legislation is 'unworkable' and it would 'not be effective in achieving its stated objectives'. If enacted, the Sinn Féin bill would give the Minister for Finance the power to stop the Irish Central Bank from facilitating the sale of Israeli government bonds across the EU. Advertisement Since 7 October 2023, Israeli government bonds have been used to fund the State's war against Hamas, leading some to dub them 'Israeli war bonds'. The Irish Central Bank has a special role in facilitating their sale in the EU. To be sold in the EU, bonds from non-EU countries must have their bond prospectus (a legal document setting out details of the bond) approved by the Central Bank of a country that is in the EU. Before Brexit, the UK carried out this work for Israel. After they left the EU, Israel chose Ireland to be its 'home country' for this purpose, meaning the Irish Central Bank is responsible for approving its bond prospectus. Pro-Palestinian campaigners and most Opposition political parties in Ireland argue that by carrying out this work, Ireland is facilitating Israel's actions in Gaza. Their argument is that the Central Bank is allowing Israel to raise money for its war effort by enabling the sale of bonds through approving the country's bond prospectus. Ireland 'complicit in genocide' Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson, TD Pearse Doherty, introduced the bill to second stage of the Dáil. During her speech this evening, Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that allowing the Central Bank to continue to deal in Israeli war bonds 'is an endorsement of genocide'. 'It makes Ireland complicit in genocide,' the Sinn Féin leader said. It's shameful that the Irish state and government would have any hand, act or part in supporting this genocide. 'This is exactly what it is doing by allowing the Central Bank to trade in Israeli war bonds, permitting the Central Bank to act as a gateway for the sale of these bonds throughout the rest of the European Union.' She added: 'These bonds are used to fund the atrocity of our times. The government can put a stop to it right now. That is what you should do, what you must do. You cannot say you stand against genocide while helping to fund it.' Over the last year, there has been a growing campaign calling on the Central Bank to stop approving the sale of the bonds in the EU. However, the Central Bank has said it can only do this where it has the legal basis to do so i.e. in a situation where sanctions are introduced against Israel at an EU level or where there are 'National restrictive measures to the same effect'. Sinn Féin's bill is an effort to introduce national legislative measures that would enable the Central Bank to act. Asked about the bill in the Dáil earlier today, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: 'The legislation tabled by Sinn Féin is simply unworkable. It has been written in a manner that in no shape or form could ever be made workable.' With reporting from Jane Moore Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. 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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Cal Poly professor facing suspension testifies about Pro-Palestine protests
A Cal Poly English professor facing suspension over two Pro-Palestine protests last year testified Tuesday at a tense hearing on campus. Shanae Aurora Martinez, who uses they/them pronouns, joined a January 2024 protest outside the Cal Poly Recreation Center that ended in a violent clash between police and demonstrators. Then, in May 2024, Martinez was present at another Pro-Palestine protest at the California Boulevard entrance to campus, where they communicated with police officers and protesters during the demonstration and resulting arrests. The university alleged that Martinez's behavior at the protests created an unsafe environment and violated the California Education Code of Conduct for 'unprofessional conduct,' according to a Feb. 14 notice of pending disciplinary action mailed to Martinez. The letter recommended that Martinez be suspended for two quarters without pay for their conduct. Associate vice provost for academic personnel Simone Aloisio represented the university during the hearing, which was held in a biology classroom in the Fisher Science Building on campus. 'During these protests, Dr. Martinez's conduct escalated tensions in the manner that had the potential to cause significant harm to others,' he said in his opening statement. Martinez, however, said they were defending their students' right to protest safely on campus, and therefore fulfilling their duties as a faculty member. Martinez was hired in 2019 as part of the College of Liberal Art's diversity, equity and inclusion cluster hire. Their scholarship is intertwined with their activism, they said, so supporting and defending students at a protest aligned with their work as a community-engaged scholar. 'I am here today not only to defend myself against these accusations that I do not respect my colleagues, I do not care about community, that I am somehow the mastermind of these protests — but rather to defend free speech in this highly repressive political context, especially when that speech calls out genocide,' Martinez said in their opening statement. A three-person Faculty Hearing Committee reviewed the case on Tuesday, and the members must recommend an outcome for Martinez's case within 14 days of the hearing. President Jeffrey Armstrong will then make the final decision. The committee included Cal Poly professors Samantha Gill, Gregory Schwartz and Pasha Tabatabai, with Crow White as the alternate member. The classroom filled with Martinez's family, friends, colleagues and students. Meanwhile, six police officers were stationed outside of the classroom in the hallway. Aloisio kicked off his presentation with video footage of the January protest. On Jan. 23, 2024, about 25 people gathered outside the Rec Center to protest defense companies recruiting at Cal Poly's Winter Career Fair. The demonstrators urged the university to take a stance against Israel's military tactics in Gaza, which they called genocide. Aloisio showed police body camera footage of about seven protesters carrying 5-foot-tall plywood shields, which they used to push the metal barricades into police officers guarding the Rec Center. Other protesters, including Martinez, then joined the shield bearers to push on the barricades. The police report said the protesters pushed the barricades first. Martinez, however, said the police officers were the first to pick up the barricades and march them into the crowd in an apparent attempt to push the demonstrators back. Martinez pushed on the barricades to defend the area the students were protesting in and protect them from the police, they said. 'It felt very volatile. I wasn't going to stand back and see them get run over,' Martinez said. When everyone dropped the barricades, officers started arresting protesters. Police did not issue a dispersal order, but they told protesters approaching the Rec Center that they would be arrested if they entered the building. Martinez watched police tackle and arrest a student, so the professor followed the officers into the Rec Center to protect the student. 'I was afraid they were going to do something to the student,' Martinez said. Officers told Martinez to step back, informing them that they were interfering with the arrest. Martinez countered, telling the officers they were interfering with their job as a professor, video footage showed. Meanwhile, outside of the Recreation Center, one officer threw another protester to the ground and punched them in the stomach three times, video footage showed. That same officer pushed another demonstrator down the stairs while the group retreated. The officer did not violate the San Luis Obispo Police Department's policy, so he did not face disciplinary action, San Luis Obispo Police Chief Rick Scott told The Tribune soon after the protest. Aloisio said Martinez's decision to push the barricades endangered people in the area. 'This action not only undermines the role of law enforcement in maintaining order, but it poses a risk of harm to both officers and other individuals in the facility,' Aloisio said. 'Physical confrontation, regardless of intent, has the potential to escalate situations beyond control, endangering the safety of everyone involved, including protesters and bystanders.' Martinez's faculty representative, San Jose State State University professor Sang Hea Kil, disagreed. She said Martinez intended to protect the protesters from the police, who were behaving aggressively and responsible for creating an unsafe environment. 'She was concerned students would be harmed by the barricades, and so applied force to the barriers, not to act in violence, but to act in defense of her students,' Kil said. Martinez was not arrested at the protest, but on March 4, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office charged them with battery of a police officer. Instead of going to jail or paying a fine, Martinez is set to receive diversion for the battery charge — meaning they will be placed on probation, perform community service and eventually have the charge dismissed, they said. The second witness was Maren Hufton, Cal Poly's associate vice president of civil rights, employee and labor compliance. The university appointed her to conduct 'a neutral, impartial and objective investigation' of Martinez's behavior at the two protests, she said. Hufton reviewed Cal Poly Police Department reports, police body camera and cell phone footage of both protests, and interviewed Martinez before informing the university that she believed Martinez violated the California Education Code of Conduct, the Campus Civility Statement, Cal Poly's Statement on Commitment to Community and the Faculty Code of Ethics. Hufton did not interview a list of witnesses Martinez provided to her. The list included two people who saw the January protest and two who saw the May protest. Though students had a right to protest, 'it was clear that students did not have a right to push metal barricades into peace officers. They did not have a right to enter a private event,' she said. Additionally, shouting at officers that students have a right to protest risked 'injury through escalation and confrontation,' she said. Hufton said university rules would have allowed Martinez to attend the protests if they had kept a distance from the barricades, followed officer instructions and properly informed protesters of lawful activity. 'Cal Poly ... did not hire Dr. Martinez and does not pay Dr. Martinez to impede the work of peace officers who are trying to bring calm to a chaotic situation,' Hufton said. Kil, however, said that Martinez upheld the four 'morality' codes Hufton cited by advocating for student protesters. Cal Poly student Eman Castillo Hernandez also testified at the hearing. He participated in the January protest, but he did not organize the demonstration or see Martinez while he was there. Still, he defended Martinez's actions — explaining that protest organizers often ask professors to serve as peace liaisons between themselves and the police. 'Me and other students trust more the faculty than we do the police, and for very good reason. A lot of us are students of color, and we've had negative experiences with the police,' he said. 'Faculty like Dr. Shanae are essential to student movements in that they help keep us safe, they help prevent the twisting of narratives, like what's happening right now.' Political science professor Martin Battle attended the January protest to serve as a police liaison. Both he and Martinez entered the Rec Center to watch over protesters who had been arrested, then went to the San Luis Obispo County Jail afterward to help the students connect with lawyers and organize a bail fund, he said. 'In the end, she seemed to be doing the thing that I was doing: Making sure the students were protected — which is what I think our role as academics are,' Battle said. During the Pro-Palestine protest on May 23, 2024, demonstrators chained themselves to wooden barricades set up in the crosswalk of California Boulevard and Campus Way. Eventually, police arrested eight protesters without incident. Martinez mistakenly told protesters that they could legally walk back and fourth across the crosswalk after police told them to disperse — advice that Martinez thought was true at the time. During the California Faculty Association Strike in May, the members were permitted to walk in the crosswalk, Martinez said, so they thought the Pro-Palestine protesters could do the same. In her testimony, Hufton said Martinez put students at risk of arrest by telling them they could walk in the crosswalk, which violated a professor's role as 'an intellectual guide and counselor,' Hufton said. Cal Poly professor Brianna Ronan witnessed the May protest and testified at the hearing on Tuesday. Like Martinez, she communicated with police, protesters and administrators at the scene. Ronan said she didn't understand why the university moved to discipline Martinez for the May protest, as Martinez was out there supporting students — just like she was. In the disciplinary letter, then-Cal Poly provost Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore recommended that the university suspend Martinez for two quarters without pay. 'We have two separate instances of similar conduct which shows a pattern, therefore two quarters is an appropriate sanction,' Hufton said in her testimony. When asked by the committee, Hufton could not explain why the provost recommended a two-quarter suspension without pay instead of another sanction, nor could she share what precedent or policy supported the sanction. Kil argued that the sanction did not match the charges. 'The sort of unpaid suspension they're proposing should be reserved for the most serious infractions with malicious intent, not a professor doing her best in a tense situation,' Kil said. If the university moves forward with the sanction, Martinez would lose eight of the 12 paychecks they earn annually, which amounts to about $60,000, they said, as well as progress toward tenure. 'This will mean I cannot pay my rent, I cannot pay for my transportation to work. I will lapse in my insurance. I will lapse in my student loan debt,' they said. 'This will have enormous consequences for me financially, in addition to disrupting the ongoing projects I have with students.' Most of all, Martinez worried that suspension would discourage faculty from supporting student activism. 'It's going to set a dangerous precedent for repressing free speech, or at least the ways in which we support our students outside of the classroom as whole people, not just as students,' Martinez said. After Hufton's testimony, Kil said she thought Hufton appeared to be an advocate for the university — which would conflict with her role as an 'impartial fact-finder' and degrade the fairness of the hearing. Hufton, however, maintained that she attended as a witness to testify about her investigation. Hufton sat at a table with Aloisio, and the pair often whispered to each other throughout the day. All other witnesses, however, sat in the audience, waited in the hallway, or appeared via Zoom or on video. Later, during a tense moment, a professor who witnessed the January protest walked out of the hearing. Kil shared that some witnesses declined to testify due to concerns about retaliation. Aloisio objected to this comment, calling it speculation. Cal Poly art and design professor Elizabeth Folk then stood up, and said, 'That is why I declined to serve as a witness.' She picked up her bag and walked out of the room. On Thursday, Folk told The Tribune that she declined to to serve as a witness at Martinez's hearing because of the 'hostile campus climate' the university created after canceling the 2024 Social Justice Teach In, which was scheduled to include a series of discussions and events called 'Justice for Palestine.' Meanwhile, years of watching the university mishandle student, faculty and staff disciplinary procedures also deterred her from testifying, she said. 'I was not confident that I would be treated with fairness and respect,' Folk told The Tribune. The committee must submit a written decision to Armstrong within 14 days of the hearing, according to the California Faculty Association's Collective Bargaining Agreement. Then, President Jeffrey Armstrong must make a final decision within 15 days of receiving the committee's recommendation. If Armstrong's decision conflicts with the Faculty Hearing Committee, Martinez can file an appeal with the CSU Office of the Chancellor requesting arbitration. If Armstrong and the committee agree, then the decision is binding and cannot be appealed, the Collective Bargaining Agreement said.
Business Times
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Times
Germany and Hong Kong look to lure students exiled from Harvard
[LONDON] Universities in Asia and Europe are hoping US President Donald Trump's latest attack on Harvard will hand them a decisive advantage as they try to reverse a decades-old brain drain of talent to the US, with Germany going so far as to suggest the school establish an outpost within its borders. Federal culture minister Wolfram Weimer told Bloomberg that Harvard could establish an 'exile campus' in the country. 'To students from Harvard and other American universities, I say: You are more than welcome in Germany,' Weimer said. That move came shortly after the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology also issued an invitation, saying that any international student enrolled at Harvard would be welcome to continue their studies in Hong Kong. Such overtures have already been ramping up since Trump took office, during which time he has slashed billions in funding for science, public health and education, laid off tens of thousands of federal employees who work in these fields, and shrunk grants for scientific research to the lowest levels in decades. Roughly half of graduate students in science and engineering come from abroad, and foreign-born scholars are increasingly concerned that they could be targeted should the administration intensify its crackdown on visa holders. In February, Kseniia Petrova, a Russian biologist employed at Harvard Medical School, was detained at the US border for failing to properly declare frog embryos and is still fighting deportation. The following month, Congress sent letters to six universities demanding detailed information about all of their Chinese students, citing national security concerns. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up Trump's administration has taken particular aim at elite colleges, including Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Princeton, citing failures to protect Jewish students following the October 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas and the subsequent war in Gaza, which sparked a wave of Pro-Palestine protests on campuses. The White House has used antisemitism-which the schools acknowledge is a problem on their campuses to launch a broader attack to reshape higher education. It's seeking to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as well as confront institutions it views as heavily partisan towards left-wing causes. No institution, though, has come under a bigger assault than Harvard, the country's most pre-eminent university. The US government has cut at least US$2.6 billion in funding from the school, threatened its non-profit status, and sought to make an example of the school for not complying with demands such as giving the government greater oversight over academic programmes, admissions and hiring practices. US universities have long led the world in cutting-edge scientific research but now countries around the world are eyeing their scientists as a way to energise their own economies. And the interest is mutual: a March poll by the journal Nature found that three-quarters of more than 1,600 US-based researchers were considering applying for jobs overseas. Yet many countries still face an uphill battle in competing with the US. European nations have been among the most vocal in their appeals to scientists, while also freeing up money for universities and research institutes to use on recruitment. The EU launched a 500 million euros (S$732 million) initiative earlier this month to attract foreign researchers. France has committed 100 million euros to make the country a safe haven for science, Spain allocated an additional 45 million euros to a programme to hire leading scholars, and the UK is planning to unveil its own £50 million (S$87 million) plan. That's on top of pushes from individual institutions in Germany, Sweden, Austria and elsewhere to lure scientists with newly created positions, special funding and fast-track visas. European universities report that they have been inundated with inquiries from US-based academics. But whether scholars ultimately choose to relocate given Europe's lower average salaries and historically smaller research funds is a different question. Those concerns are why Antoine Petit, head of France's flagship CNRS research centre, wants to temper expectations. 'We are talking about a handful of individuals moving,' Petit said. 'Maybe a couple dozen, not more.' Trump's assault on the Ivy League is also being met with some resistance from US universities. Harvard has sued to restore its funding as well as its ability to enrol foreign students and deployed money to support its researchers. The Trump administration also says it's willing to negotiate with colleges to end the standoff. The biggest obstacle to scientists quitting the US is simply money. US universities have more of it to fund research and can pay higher salaries. Harvard has a US$53 billion endowment and even the poorest Ivy League schools have significant resources compared to non-US institutions. When he recently visited Berlin, Seth Marder entertained an informal entreaty from a German colleague. The materials chemist at the University of Colorado at Boulder also runs the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, an area of study that's contracting under the Trump administration. Moving his lab and the people are not feasible, as the cost of relocating or replacing the specialised equipment alone would likely be US$2 to US$3 million. His lab includes about 15 people, and he feels responsible for them. 'To the question of whether I'd ever move my lab abroad, logistically, it would be extraordinarily difficult,' said Marder, 63. 'From a very practical perspective, their salaries and US research experience don't easily align with European compensation structures.' Senior researchers in France typically don't make more than 5,000 euros net per month, said Eric Berton, president of the University of Aix-Marseille, which was one of the first institutions to put out a hiring call to US-based scientists. That's far lower than what can be on offer in the US. While Berton said that the school has received about 300 applications for its roughly 20 spots, including from candidates associated with prestigious institutions such as Nasa, he noted that the majority are over 50 and 'have already made money'. That's not the only challenge European institutions face in recruiting from the US, according to a top French official who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the issue. Scholars are often reluctant to uproot their families and research projects, and it's not easy to explain to European scientists why they should make do with low salaries and budgets while the red carpet is rolled out for their non-European peers. To get around these concerns, some European institutions have played up the lower costs of living and the better quality of life available on the continent. Those points resonated with Molly, a US scientist in the running for an associate researcher position at a large French university. Molly, who asked not to be named as the hiring process is ongoing, said that while her income would fall to less than 4,000 euros net per month down from around US$6,100 in the US that would be offset by lower expenses. 'Even if the salary on paper appears quite different, there's many things in the US you have to pay for out of pocket,' she said. BLOOMBERG
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
'Perpetrators must be brought to justice': India condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US
External affairs minister S Jaishankar (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday condemned the killing of the Israeli diplomats in Washington, saying the "perpetrators must be brought to justice". "Condemn in the strongest term the killing of Israeli diplomats in Washington DC. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and colleagues. The perpetrators must be brought to justice," Jaishnark wrote on X. "Thank you, dear friend!" replied Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar to the minister's post. A man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, chanted "Free Palestine" while being taken into custody. The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez , 30, of Chicago, allegedly opened fire on Wednesday evening near the Capital Jewish Museum, where the victims, a man and a woman, had just attended an event. They were among a group of four people when the suspect reportedly approached and began shooting. At a press briefing, Washington, DC, police chief Pamela Smith said the suspect had been seen pacing outside the museum prior to the attack. He was subdued and detained by event security shortly after the incident. 'While in custody, the suspect repeatedly chanted, 'Free, free Palestine,'' Smith said, as quoted by news agency Reuters. U.S. Gunman Shouts 'Free Palestine,' Shoots Israeli Embassy Employees Outside Jewish Museum The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are probing the motive and any potential links to extremist activity. US President Donald Trump also reacted to the fatal killings, saying "hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA". Trump said the incident was "based on antisemitism". "These horrible DC killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, now! Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!" he posted on his social media platform, Truth Social. Trump Fumes As Pro-Palestine Gunman 'Murders' Israeli Couple; Netanyahu Beefs Security Of Embassies
