You have to be particularly deranged to think it is ok to attack a place of worship or a restaurant. After two years of no consequences, the ugly face of anti-Jewish racism remains emboldened in Melbourne.
https://t.co/yJqP0NJ3IM
When you firebomb a synagogue with people inside & attack a local restaurant because it’s owned by Jews, it’s NOT about Israel, it’s NOT about protest, it’s a hate crime.
Violent antisemitism is a threat to us all & until it’s called out for what it really is, it will continue!
@3AWNeilMitchell the majority of Australians ARE decent people, yet the bigoted minority help to remind us all why the Jewish People need Israel. Let's hope for brighter days ahead for all.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐃𝐅 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦.
Dozens of IAF jets completed the first stage that included strikes on dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran.
Today, Iran is closer than ever to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of the Iranian regime are an existential threat to the State of Israel and to the wider world.
The State of Israel has no choice but to fulfill the obligation to act in defense of its citizens and will continue to do so everywhere it is required to do so, as we have done in the past.
Yaron and Sarah were our friends and colleagues. They were in the prime of their lives.
This evening, a terrorist shot and killed them as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC.
The entire embassy staff is heartbroken and devastated by their murder. No words can express the depth of our grief and horror at this devastating loss.
Our hearts are with their families, and the embassy will be by their side during this terrible time.
A domestic terrorist went hunting Jews last night in Wash DC open firing outside a Jewish event killing 2 Jews. The terrorist Elias Rodriguez yelled “Free Palestine” as he got arrested. This type of tragedy is the natural progression of events when the morons running our colleges, far left politicians, and hate merchants on social media continue to normalize and seemingly encourage anti semitism in this country.
The least surprising part about this tragedy is that the killer hated America long before the conflict in the Middle East. He was an active member of the Party for Socialism & Liberation and the People’s Congress of Resistance. He was a serial agitator as so many of the Free Palestine movement are. For them this isn’t just about the war in Gaza. This is about hating America and our way of life. And the more that antisemitism is normalized in this country the more it emboldens these lunatics to commit these heinous acts.
The bottom line is that nobody in this country should be intimidated or fear for their safety because of their religion but here we are.
What did y’all think "globalize the intifada" meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays? 🧵
It meant this sweet young couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, gunned down at an American Jewish Committee event at the Jewish Museum by radicalized monster Elias Rodriguez, chanting “Free, free Palestine.” (1/20)
I just met Sarah two weeks ago in my office at EPA HQ. She struck me as a young woman filled with life and positivity.
Heartbroken to learn she was one of two tragically murdered last night by a Jew-hating radical screaming “Free Palestine”.
May Sarah and Yaron rest in peace.
There can be no more 'plausible deniability' that the chant yelled by the gunman - the same catch cry of the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish mobs that have invaded our cities and campuses since Oct.7 - is nothing but a call to erase the Jewish People. #JewishMuseum#Terror#Israel
Yaron and Sarah,
Words cannot begin to describe the heartbreak and sorrow. Just this morning, we were still laughing together by the coffee corner — and now, all that remains is a picture.
Instead of walking you down the aisle, we are walking with you to your graves.
What an unbearable loss 💔💔
If you go into a bar and pay for a sign that says “fuck the Jews” and proudly show it everywhere, post it on socials - you can expect that all of normal and polite society says fuck you back and wants nothing to do with you.
This isn’t cancel culture - this is you’re a vile pig.