On May 21, inside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., police handcuffed a man who shot and killed two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.
During his arrest, he shouted, “Free, free Palestine.” Soon after this heinous act, Emily Schrader, an American-Israeli journalist and news anchor, alleged that this act of violence was the natural apotheosis of advocacy for Palestinian freedom and human rights. But many Palestinian human rights activists looked on in horror.
This attack, as well as the fatal fire-bombing of a June rally for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colo., must be unequivocally condemned. These heinous acts of targeted violence understandably make our Jewish siblings fear for their safety. When all Jews are held responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, antisemitic violence is a likely outcome.
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