Shooting of Israeli embassy staffers underscores US ‘era of violent populism’
by Rachel Leingang from US news | The Guardian on (#6XG71)
This is the latest act of violence in a string of incidents that have affected Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities
The killing of two staff of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC comes as the war in Gaza has splintered the American body politic alongside the ongoing rise in political violence.
A shooter, identified as Elias Rodriguez, shot the two people, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday after they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Rodriguez reportedly chanted free, free Palestine" while being detained by security.
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