{"id":169792,"date":"2025-05-22T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169792"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:16:53","slug":"pro-palestine-man-shoots-and-kills-two-israeli-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169792","title":{"rendered":"Pro Palestine man shoots and kills two Israeli diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel-426x333.jpg 426w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bald-Eagle-with-red-white-and-blue-wings-I-stand-with-Israel.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, paced back and forth outside of Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. Rodriguez approached four people leaving the Museum and then began firing. Two of the four individuals were Israeli diplomats, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who ended up dying as a result of the gunshots. Rodriguez entered the museum and was detained; he subsequently yelled, &#8220;Free, free Palestine!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Smith said the preliminary investigation shows Rodriguez was allegedly observed pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four people exiting the building, including the two victims, and began shooting.<\/p>\n<p>He then entered the museum where he was detained by event security. While in custody, he yelled &#8220;Free, free Palestine!&#8221; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>DC Mayor Muriel Bowser described the shooting as &#8220;horrific,&#8221; and assured the community &#8220;there is no active threat.&#8221; She also said the city &#8220;will not tolerate this violence or hate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not tolerate any acts of terrorism,&#8221; Bowser said, in part. &#8220;We will not tolerate antisemitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tal Naim Cohen, a spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in the capital, confirmed to Fox News that two diplomats were shot &#8220;at close range&#8221; while an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) was taking place at the museum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have full faith in law enforcement authorities on both the local and federal levels to apprehend the shooter and protect Israel&#8217;s representatives and Jewish communities throughout the United States,&#8221; Cohen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pritchett, E. (2025, May 21). Two Israeli diplomats shot, killed during event at Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. <em>Fox News<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/two-israeli-diplomats-shot-killed-event-capital-jewish-museum-washington-dc\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, paced back and forth outside of Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. &hellip; <a title=\"Pro Palestine man shoots and kills two Israeli diplomats\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169792\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pro Palestine man shoots and kills two Israeli diplomats<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,387,478,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-international-affairs","category-none","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}