Top White House and Justice officials tied the brazen shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers to ongoing campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

Suspect Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly shouted “Free, free Palestine” after the Wednesday night's deadly shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.

"There are so many moments where legitimate criticism of Israel and its conduct has crossed the line into antisemitism."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, about the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers in D.C.

By Dedi Hayun, Emily Rose and Madeline Chambers JERUSALEM (Reuters) -When Jerusalem resident Ziv Halsband woke up to news that two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington had been shot dead,

Andrew Cuomo has attacked opponents, including Jewish ones, as antisemitic, while other candidates believe the issue is being used as a weapon to win Jewish voters.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside an event at a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., reflects an “alarming” rise in antisemitism seen since

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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon described the shooting as “a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism” in a post on X. The shooting, which took place in the area of 3rd and F Street NW, killed a man and a woman, who have not yet been publicly identified. Others, including Israeli embassy employees, were injured.

A beautiful couple — staffers at Israel’s embassy — are slain as they leave a Jewish museum in America’s capital.

The extreme and paranoid policy paper underscores how the right has weaponized antisemitism to serve its political and theological projects.