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Murder of the Innocent in D.C.
The killing of two innocent Israeli embassy staffers last month was more than murder: It was terrorism.
“2 Israeli Embassy staffers killed in ‘act of terror’ in Washington, DC,” reported ABC News on May 22, 2025. “Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were killed, Israeli officials said.”
“A 31-year-old Illinois man has been charged with two counts of murder after opening fire 21 times on a young couple exiting an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint, shooting the victims in the back and then firing again at the woman as she tried to crawl away,” explained the outlet. “The shooting has sparked outrage and has been condemned as an ‘unspeakable’ act of antisemitism after officials said the suspect, who is in custody, shouted ‘free, free Palestine’ following the shooting.”
The act was quickly declared a terrorist act by some authorities in Washington.
“FBI Director Patel calls killings of Israeli Embassy staffers an ‘act of terror’,” reported Sam Kosmas for FOX News on May 22, 2025.
“Last night’s act of terror has the full attention of the FBI,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted to social media on May 22, 2025. “Targeted anti-Semitic violence is an attack on our core values and will be met with the full weight of federal law…