Elias Rodriguez risks the death penaltythe offending man for murder in relation to the shooting that caused the death of two members of the Israeli Embassy staff. At least one of the accusations formulated by the Department of Justice – the use of a firearm to commit a murder – provides for the capital penalty. This is the same accusation formulated against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the Unitedhealthcare manager Brian Thompson. Rodriguez is also accused of first instance murder, murder of foreign officials and the use of a firearm during a violent crime.
Elias Rodriguez opened fire against Yaron Lischinsky28 years old, diplomat, and his partner Sarah Milgrimemployee of the Israeli embassy, near the Jewish museum located in the center of Washington. Resident in Chicago, the thirty year old after shooting he entered the museum trying to get confused among those present, pretending to be witness of the shooting. A witness, Katie Kalisher, said he talked to him, reporting that he showed himself agitated and that at some point he said: “I did it for Gaza. Palestine free”before being stopped by the police. The agents, led by his indications, subsequently recovered the weapon used in the attack.
The FBI has started an investigation into the motive of the attack, treating the episode as An act of political and anti -Semitic matrix. The director of the Agency called him an “act of anti -Semitic terrorism”. Following the attack, the security measures were intensified in various sensitive locations both in the United States and abroad. Rodriguez, an activist who has been engaged in pro-Palestine initiatives for some time, resided in the Albany Park neighborhood, known for its ethnic diversity. Within his home, political materials were found, including two posters: one relating to the case of a Palestinian-American child killed in Chicago in 2023, and another with the slogan “Tikkun Olam means free Palestine”.
The man, who in the past had been part for a short period of the party for socialism and liberation, had never been reported to the authorities before the incident. The FBI is also analyzing a possible manifesto published online, which could be connected to the author of the attack. The Department of Justice said that the attacker acted alone and that he will be pursued with the maximum penalty provided for by law. The White House, through the Karoline Leavitt spokesman, reiterated the need to counter anti -Semitism. Also the former president Donald Trump He firmly condemned the attack, declaring that episodes of hatred and radicalism must not have space in the United States.
There reaction of Israel It was not long in coming: the government of Bibi Netanyahu He attributed the episode to an atmosphere of growing hostility towards the Jewish state. The prime minister connected the attack on an increase in hostile rhetoric towards his country, stating that the attack would be “the result of the instigation against Israel”, attributing part of the responsibility to western leaders. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that “the attack is the consequence of a global incitement against Israel and against Jewsalso carried out by exponents of several governments, in particular Europeans “.
We are at the “Jew hunt” with the excuse of the war in Palestine. Because neither Yaron nor Sarah are directly responsible for the current war in Gaza, but they were killed as Jews. And perhaps as employees of the Israeli embassy.
The Minister for Diaspora, Amichai Chikli, has explicitly Some western leaders mentionedincluding French president Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian colleague Mark Carley, accusing them of not having taken a clear position against some pro-Palestinian movements. France responded through a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, defining the declarations from Israel “outrageous and unjustified”, reaffirming the country’s commitment in the fight against all forms of anti -Semitism. The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, avoided direct comments on Israeli statements, but condemned the attack in a message on social media, describing it as an unacceptable expression of anti -Semitism. Even the Canadian Prime Minister took a position, speaking of an “intolerable hatred”.
Netanyahu then released a further public declaration, in which he reiterated that, according to the Israeli government, Hamas does not aim at creating one Palestinian statebut to the destruction of Israel. He also said that Gaza, in the last 18 years, has worked as “a Palestinian De facto state” and that from this would not have derived any perspective of peace. Finally, the Prime Minister referred to a recent press release from Hamas, in which the organization thanked some western leaders for their positions: according to Netanyahu, this would highlight a misalignment between some governments and the real dynamics of the conflict in the Middle East.
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