Israeli embassy staff murders stir global shock and community concern
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 11:21 am
Two separate reports detail a tragic shooting of Israeli embassy staff members, with one account noting that one of the victims was days away from proposing—adding a surreal twist to an already grim incident. Canadian Jewish communities express growing alarm as the event fuels international tensions.
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The murder of two young Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., allegedly by a lone gunman who shouted “Free, free Palestine” as he was being arrested, was shocking but not surprising. The two young Israeli embassy staffers who were about to became engaged — Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim,…
Les réactions à l’incident survenu mercredi en Cisjordanie, alors que des militaires israéliens ont ouvert le feu avec l’intention déclarée de rappeler un groupe de diplomates à l’ordre, sont « disproportionnées », estime l’ambassadeur d’Israël au Canada, Iddo Moed.
OTTAWA — Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says he met with senior officials from the foreign affairs ministry yesterday after Israeli soldiers fired warning shots near a diplomatic tour in the West Bank that included four Canadians. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand issued a formal summons…
TEL AVIV – Israelis expressed horror and sorrow Thursday at the killing of two young Israeli Embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a shooter who then screamed, “Free, free Palestine!” While many Israelis said they were at a loss for words over the tragedy, politicians began to…
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, were killed near the Capital Jewish Museum
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “devastated and appalled” by the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington yesterday. The two staff members were leaving an event at a Jewish museum when they were shot and killed. The gunman, identified by police as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago,…
'What I'm getting from the Jewish community is that they sometimes feel abandoned,' said Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada
Two Israeli embassy staff members were shot dead in Washington, D.C. This is what happens when the West demonizes the Jewish state
Yaron Lischinsky had bought an engagement ring and was days away from proposing to Sarah Milgrim on a trip to Jerusalem
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