Fatal attack on Israeli embassy employees in Washington shocked USA
According to eyewitness reports, the man with the white shirt and the blue jacket has been in front of the Jewish museum in downtown Washington went up and down. When a group of four people left the red brick building around 9 p.m., he stepped towards them and shot two of them up close. The perpetrator then stood in the police museum. Video recordings show how he « Free, Free Palestine! » calls.
Little is still known about the background of the attack on Wednesday evening. The alleged perpetrator, a 30 -year -old man from Chicago, is said to have no criminal records. The federal police FBI, whose local headquarters are directly opposite the crime scene, examines the case as a possible hate crime. The victims are two employees of the Israeli embassy in the American capital: 26-year-old American Sarah Lynn Milgrim and 30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky, who also had a German passport in addition to Israeli, had taken part in a reception by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats. They wanted to get engaged in the next week. Lischinsky grew up in Nuremberg before he emigrated to Israel.
Deadly attack on Israeli embassy employees: debate in the USA is poisoned
The public reactions are marked by horror, disgust and sympathy. It is already foreseeable that the bloody deed will continue to poison the domestic policy climate in the United States. After the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, in addition to pro-Palestinian protests, anti-Semitic attacks in America have increased significantly. According to the anti-defamation League (ADL), its number has climbed to a worrying record with 9354. In August 2024, a man was seriously injured by knife stabs in Brooklyn, while the perpetrator called « Free Palestine ». In October of last year, a man was shot in Chicago on the way to the synagogue. Just a month ago there was an arson attack on the residence of the Jewish governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro.
Instead of a collective pause, observers fear that the Washington assassination is soon political instrumentalization. The alleged perpetrator comes from Chicago and has a Hispanic last name. Nothing is known about connections to terrorist organizations. Nevertheless, ultra -right activists such as Laura Loomer, who has a tight wire into the president, are already exciting about an « Islamist act of terrorist » and is calling for a new edition of the ban on entry for people from Muslim states.
Meanwhile, Israel wants to secure his representations worldwide after the crime. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this according to his office. The head of government is « shaken by the cruel anti-Semitic murder » in the US capital. « We are experiencing the terrible price, anti -Semitism and rampant agitation against the state of Israel, » said Netanyahu.
