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When Israel condemns Israeli embassy staff's condemnation Israel blames anti-Semitic incitement

World leaders on Thursday morning Kill two Israeli embassy staff The Israeli government blamed the attack on “anti-Semitist incitement” from other countries “especially from Europe.”

Washington Police Chief says Suspect During the attack, a man identified as a Chicago, shouted “Free, Free Palestine” when he was detained.

this Identify the victim As a kid, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

“These terrible DC killings are clearly based on anti-Semitism and must end now! Hate and activism have no place in the United States,” President Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social Platform. “Congratulations to the families of the victims. Sadly, such things could happen! God bless everyone!”

First lady Melania Trump urged Americans to “reflect on who we are and our collective future” in a statement posted on X.

“At the heart of the U.S. Constitution is the principles of tolerance, solidarity and religious freedom. Today, I urge Americans to reflect on who we are and our collective future. We must firmly uphold the commitment to upholding the dignity of everyone,” her statement reads. “The tragic murders of Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in our national capital are a clear reminder of the need for moral clarity and firm action. Let us unite together to relate to hatred and persist in defining our country's ideals. We are one.”

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she was “shocked by the shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C.”.

“In our society, hatred, extremism or anti-Semitism should not be available, and I express my condolences to the victims and the families of the Israeli people,” Karas said in a statement posted on social media.

The Israeli Embassy posted a photo on the evening of May 21, 2025 in two shootings outside the Jewish Capital Museum in Washington, DC. Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were employees of the embassy.

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“There is nothing to justify anti-Semitic violence,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on social media, saying his ideas were with the Israeli embassy and the people who died in the “sincere murder.”

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on social media: “The murder of two members of the Israeli embassy near the Jewish Museum in Washington is an annoying anti-Semitic act of barbarism.

Barot said his idea “has involved in their loved ones, colleagues and the State of Israel.”

“I totally condemn anti-Semitic attacks outside the Jewish Museum in the capital of Washington, D.C.,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a social media post. “Anti-Semiticism is an evil and we have to be eliminated anywhere we appear. My idea is with their colleagues, family and loved ones, and as always, I am in line with the Jewish community.”

In a televised statement, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar blamed “the toxicity that has been happening since October 7, anti-Semitism inciting attacks from Israel and Jews around the world.”

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A bystander prayed near the capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC on May 21, 2025, and two Israeli embassy staff killed him fatally after attending an event at the museum earlier that night.

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Sa'ar said he called this “incitement” a “modern blood slander” from “leaders and officials of many countries and organizations, especially those from Europe”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media: “We have witnessed anti-Semitism and wild inciting the terrible price of the State of Israel. The bloody slander of the Jewish state in the blood must fight for suffering.”

France's foreign ministry rejected the meaning of Sa'ar, that European countries are responsible for the attacks in Washington, spokesman Christophe Lemoine called the remarks “totally outrageous and totally unreasonable.”

“France condemns France, and France will continue to condemn any anti-Semitism acts,” the French news agency AFP quoted Lemoine as saying.

European leaders are increasingly outspoken in condemning Israel’s months of humanitarian food and medical assistance into Gaza’s lockdown – an international group said that puts the entire population of the Palestinian territory at risk of hunger. Israel does allow a limited number of trucks carrying food and other supplies into Gaza Follow strong international pressureincluding the United States.

The war in Gaza began with the attack on Israel by Hamas, a designated terrorist group by the United States and Israel, killing about 1,200 people and killing 251 people as hostages.

Hamas Gaza – The Ministry of Health that operates said that since then, more than 53,600 Palestinians, mainly women and children, have been killed in Gaza since then by Israel.

Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Israeli embassy will improve safety in response to the shooting.

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