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Zamordowani przed Muzeum Żydowskim w Waszyngtonie

Sarah Lynn Milgrim i Yaron Lischinsky zamordowani przez lewicowego antysemitę.


Zamordowani przed Muzeum Żydowskim w Waszyngtonie

Jerry A. Coyne
Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska


Zamieszczam to w osobnym poście, ponieważ bardzo mnie to boli: to była pierwsza rzecz, którą przeczytałem w sieci, kiedy obudziłem się wczoraj rano. Jeden z aktywistów  działających pod hasłem „Wolna, wolna Palestyna” zastrzelił parę młodych pracowników ambasady Izraela w Waszyngtonie. Niewątpliwie działał pod wpływem światowej fali nienawiści do Żydów, rozpalanej przez propalestyńskie i antyizraelskie ruchy w Ameryce (a właściwie na całym świecie),. Morderstwo miało miejsce tuż przed Capital Jewish Museum, również w Waszyngtonie. Informacja z „New York Timesa” (artykuł zarchiwizowany tutaj):

Jak poinformowali funkcjonariusze organów ścigania, dwoje młodych pracowników ambasady Izraela zostało zastrzelonych w środę wieczorem przed budynkiem Capital Jewish Museum w centrum Waszyngtonu. Zabójcą był mężczyzna, który po zatrzymaniu wykrzykiwał pro-palestyńskie hasła.

Do strzelaniny z bliskiej odległości doszło krótko po 21:00 na ulicy przed Capital Jewish Museum, gdzie American Jewish Committee organizował przyjęcie dla młodych dyplomatów. Obszar ten jest sercem oficjalnego Waszyngtonu, pełnym budynków federalnych, ambasad i muzeów. Kapitol, biuro terenowe FBI w Waszyngtonie i siedziba Departamentu Sprawiedliwości znajdują się w pobliżu muzeum.

Funkcjonariusze organów ścigania poinformowali, że podejrzany, 30-letni Elias Rodriguez z Chicago, został zatrzymany wkrótce po strzelaninie i nie stwierdzono żadnego zagrożenia dla bezpieczeństwa publicznego.

Pamela A. Smith, szefowa Metropolitan Police Department, powiedziała reporterom na konferencji prasowej, że Rodriguez po aresztowaniu go krzyczał: „Wolna, wolna Palestyna”. Poinformował również policję, gdzie porzucił broń, z której strzelał.

Ministerstwo spraw zagranicznych Izraela zidentyfikowało ofiary jako Yarona Lischinsky’ego i Sarah Lynn Milgrim. Według informacji ministerstwa, pan Lischinsky był asystentem badawczym w dziale politycznym ambasady, a pani Milgrim organizowała wyjazdy do Izraela.

Yechiel Leiter, ambasador Izraela, powiedział na konferencji prasowej, że dwie zabite osoby to para, która miała się zaręczyć. „Ten młody człowiek kupił pierścionek w tym tygodniu z zamiarem oficjalnego oświadczenia się swojej dziewczynie w przyszłym tygodniu w Jerozolimie”.

Ale jako że jest to „New York Times”, nie mogli się powstrzymać od zamieszczenia następującego akapitu:

Po śmiercionośnym  ataku Hamasu  na Izrael 7 października 2023 r. izraelskie wojsko rozpoczęło kampanię w Strefie Gazy, która  zdewastowała enklawę. Wywołało to falę protestów propalestyńskich, w tym przed ambasadami Izraela oraz na kampusach amerykańskich college’ów i uniwersytetów. Ambasada Izraela w Waszyngtonie była szczególnym celem protestujących.

Czy „New York Times” zapomniał, że protesty przeciwko Izraelowi i w poparciu Palestyńczyków rozpoczęły się natychmiast po atakach z 7 października, a Izrael rozpoczął inwazję na Gazę dopiero w tydzień później, a operacje naziemne prawie trzy tygodnie później? Ale to nieistotne; jasne jest, że Izrael nigdy nie zdobędzie sympatii świata, kiedy atakuje Hamas — najwyżej cień sympatii, na dzień lub dwa.

Kilka słów o ofiarach tego mordu z „Wall Street Journal”:

Nissim Otmazgin, dziekan Uniwersytetu Hebrajskiego w Jerozolimie, który uczył Lischinsky’ego, powiedział, że był spokojnym, pracowitym idealistą, chcącym budować mosty między Izraelem a innymi krajami. Mówił po angielsku, hebrajsku, niemiecku i po japońsku.

„Wiedział, że chce zostać dyplomatą. To było jego marzenie – powiedział. – Marzenie, które zostało zniszczone”.

Milgrim, która była Amerykanką, pracowała w departamencie dyplomacji publicznej ambasady Izraela i napisała na swoim profilu LinkedIn, że pasjonuje się budowaniem pokoju izraelsko-palestyńskiego.

„Jej energia, rozwaga i niezachwiana wiara w dialog, pokój i równość były inspiracją dla każdego, kto miał zaszczyt pracować z nią” – głosi oświadczenie Tech2Peace, organizacji, dla której pracowała Milgrim, a która łączy Palestyńczyków i Izraelczyków za pośrednictwem technologii. 

Nie ma żadnego usprawiedliwienia dla zamordowania tych młodych ludzi. Można powiedzieć, że pracowali dla Izraela, ale nie brali udziału w wojnie. Rozmawiałem z Małgorzatą dziś rano i ona uważa, że to morderstwo jest zwiastunem nadchodzącej przemocy; że może skłonić do podobnych mordów Żydów w innych miejscach. To właśnie oznacza „globalizacja intifady”.

Mam nadzieję, że Małgorzata się myli, ale nie stawiałbym na to. Jedno jest pewne: to zabójstwo nie zrobi nic, aby „wyzwolić Palestynę”. Gazę trzeba uwolnić od Hamasu.

Link do oryginału: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/05/22/two-israeli-embassy-aides-about-to-be-engaged-murdered-outside-jewish-museum-in-washington-d-c/

Why Evolution Is True, 22 maja 2025


Od redakcji „Listów z naszego sadu”

Dyplomowany lewicowy morderca należał do partii politycznej wzywającej do eksterminacji syjonistów. Ta partia wydała już oświadczenie, że odżegnuje się od tego mordu i twierdzi, że od lat nie mieli z nim kontaktu, ale ich materiały nie pozostawiają żadnych wątpliwości, że ta grupa wzywa do przemocy przeciwko Żydom i ją aprobuje.

Tymczasem przedstawiciel Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych Jordanii oświadczył, że prawdopodobnie syjoniści sami zorganizowali to morderstwo, żeby odciągnąć uwagę od Gazy, założyciel terrorystycznej organizacji Samidoun, Khaled Barakat, napisał, że  „Zbrodnie Izraela w Strefie Gazy są przyczyną zabójstwa jego przedstawicieli w Waszyngtonie”; a koordynatorka tej organizacji napisała, że „To logiczne, że ludzie znajdą alternatywne sposoby wymierzania konsekwencji tak, aby zglobalizować intifadę”

Syryjski duchowny dżihadu Abu Jahja Al-Szami opublikował na Telegramie wpis chwalący mordercę i wzywający muzułmanów do pójścia w jego ślady. Skrytykował również muzułmańską „leniwość” w prowadzeniu dżihadu, obwiniając islamskich kaznodziejów o zmniejszenie zainteresowania dżihadem i twierdząc, że „niewierni” teraz przeprowadzają takie ataki, podczas gdy muzułmanie pozostają „bezczynni”.


Jerry A. Coyne – Emerytowany profesor na wydziale ekologii i ewolucji University of Chicago, jego książka “Why Evolution is True” (Polskie wydanie: “Ewolucja jest faktem”, Prószyński i Ska, 2009r.) została przełożona na kilkanaście języków, a przez Richarda Dawkinsa jest oceniana jako najlepsza książka o ewolucji.  Jerry Coyne jest jednym z najlepszych na świecie specjalistów od specjacji, rozdzielania się gatunków. Jest również jednym ze znanych “nowych ateistów” i autorem (wydanej również po polsku przez wydawnictwo “Stapis”) książki “Faith vs Fakt”. Jest wielkim miłośnikiem kotów i osobistym przyjacielem redaktor naczelnej.


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Domestic terror is the inevitable next step for Hamas sympathizers

Domestic terror is the inevitable next step for Hamas sympathizers

Jonathan S. Tobin


The murders at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., are a warning that “pro-Palestine” activism is leading to antisemitic violence.

Anti-Israel demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, as well as Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images.

For the past 19 months, angry mobs have taken over college campuses and the streets of major American cities. These demonstrations, tent encampments and building takeovers have not just been expressions of opposition to Israel’s efforts to eradicate the Hamas terrorists who led the Palestinian Arab assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. They have also often been indicative of the protesters’ support for Hamas and the embrace of terrorist goals, as well as their antisemitism—something that was made obvious by the way they have targeted Jews during the course of their “activism.”

Yet rather than being isolated and widely condemned, these pro-Hamas activists and demonstrators have been cheered by many in the media and even rationalized by former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as their party’s left-wing leaders, who spoke of them as idealists who “deserved to be heard” and validated, even if they disagreed with some of what they were saying.

In doing so, they were ignoring the warning signs that the pro-Hamas movement was more than just mainstreaming Jew-hatred in discourse. As has been the case throughout history, those who speak of their support for terrorism elsewhere often wind up committing it at home.

After the tragic murder on Wednesday night of two young Israeli embassy staffers outside an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., it’s obvious that this is also the case with those who embraced the war against Israel’s existence.

There is much we don’t yet know about the accused murderer, who was apprehended at the scene. But the targeting of Israelis at a Jewish site, as well as the fact that police have reported that the assailant shouted “Free, free Palestine”—the same expression heard at countless pro-Hamas and anti-Israel rallies since Oct. 7—leads to an inevitable conclusion.

A short leap to violence

It didn’t take long for words to turn into action—from being willing to demonize Israelis, falsely accuse them of “genocide” or “apartheid,” and rationalize or even support the barbarous murderers, rapists and kidnappers of Hamas, and then condoning or rationalizing violence against Jews and Israelis on American soil.

We will be told in the coming days that the bloodshed in Washington has nothing to do with “criticism” of Israel or its policies.

There will be distinctions made between what will be described as “mostly peaceful” pro-Hamas demonstrations and the murder. The groups that have organized those protests and engaged in antisemitic acts of intimidation, and even violence, will likely condemn the murder as they continue to smear Israel and its supporters. And, as has been the case with those who oppose the Trump administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism on college campuses and to deport those foreign students who have violated the terms of their visas and green cards by engaging in illegal activities, we will be told that the nation’s priority should be to defend the free speech of Hamas supporters and antisemites. Concern for the rights and welfare of these Israel-haters will be voiced, especially by left-wing Jewish groups.

But it should be remembered that while the right to peaceful and legal protests should be defended, the violent nature of much of what is now termed “pro-Palestine” activism is no accident. The same is true for the antisemitism that is never far from the surface whenever these supporters of terror speak or gather.

What those provocative chants mean

The chants of “Free, free Palestine” have nothing to do with the freedom of people in Gaza who were not “occupied” when they attacked Israeli communities and committed unspeakable atrocities on Oct. 7. They are not about a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, which the Palestinians have made clear time and again they do not want. It’s a cry for the replacement of the State of Israel by a Palestinian Arab state in which Jews would no longer have the ability to defend themselves.

Chants of “From the river to the sea” are, regardless of whether those who are shouting it can identify either body of water, a demand for the eradication of Israel and the genocide or expulsion of the 7.2 million Jews who live there.

Those shouting “Globalize the intifada!” have not been speaking about some idealized protest movement spreading from the Gaza Strip to Europe and the United States. It’s a slogan rooted in a belief of the right for those who hate Israel to carry Hamas’s campaign of anti-Jewish violence around the world. That means in every town, city, state or country where Jews reside.

The proof that this “pro-Palestinian” activism had nothing to do with support for human rights and peace was made abundantly clear in the aftermath of Oct. 7. The atrocities carried out during Black Shabbat—during which 1,200 Israeli men, women and children were slaughtered, and 251 people were kidnapped and dragged back into Gaza to suffer further torments—did not give Hamas’s supporters pause. They didn’t wait for Israel to begin its military campaign three weeks later to ensure that these crimes would never again happen to condemn the Jewish state and its citizens as having gotten exactly what they deserved.

This has nothing to do with wanting a better life for Palestinian Arabs, since anyone who really wished them well would demand that they be freed from the control of Hamas. Instead, over the course of the following 19 months, this movement continued to support the cause of Israel’s destruction and the genocidal goals of the Palestinians.

The legitimization of this pro-Hamas movement was enabled by the political cowardice and willingness of many in the Democratic Party to buy into the toxic myths of ideologies like intersectionality, critical race theory and settler-colonialism, all of which falsely claim that Jews and Israelis are “white” oppressors who must be resisted and defeated.

The media’s responsibility

It has been abetted by corporate news media that have been acting as Hamas’s stenographers, accepting bogus, exaggerated figures of Palestinian casualties, as well as false claims of famine in Gaza, such as the recently debunked claims of CNN and NBC News that amount to blood libels. Mainstreaming these lies about Israeli indiscriminately killing Palestinians—when, in fact, the Israel Defense Forces takes more care to avoid civilian casualties than any other army in modern history—or carrying out a mythical “genocide” has consequences.

Those who falsely label Jews as mass murderers intent on killing all Palestinians, when in fact it is Hamas and other Arab groups that seek the genocide of the Jews, are not merely making journalistic errors or engaging in hyperbole. They are legitimizing those who believe that any and all tactics—“by any means necessary”—are justified in fighting and killing Israelis and Jews.

This is a symptom common to the American political left. We witnessed this last year when Bryan Thompson, the CEO of the UnitedHealthcare insurance company, was assassinated by a 26-year-old “activist” who was applauded and treated as a hero by many on the left. Such reactions were not limited to left-wing social media but were echoed by the “yes, but” comments from politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), when they condemned the murder but still rationalized the political positions that led to it.

As I noted at the time, this wasn’t the first time in American history that policy debates morphed into political violence. Anarchist bombings and assassinations of public figures, such as President William McKinley in 1901, were seen by some as a legitimate response to the excesses of capitalism during the “Gilded Age.” In the 1960s, an element of the movement protesting American involvement in the Vietnam War similarly became violent as the Weather Underground engaged in a campaign of domestic terrorism that involved larceny and murder, as well as bombings of sites like the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Those episodes, as well as the murder of Thompson, provided an ominous precedent for the latest iteration of left-wing activism that focuses its hate against Jews and Israel, rather than business leaders and their political allies.

That’s why no one should be surprised about what happened in our nation’s capital. Israelis and Jews have been under siege since Oct. 7, both in the United States and elsewhere around the world, as sympathy for Hamas and belief in the illegitimacy of the sole Jewish state on the planet has spread.

What ‘pro-Palestinian’ really means

It’s not good enough for those who oppose insurance companies or Israel to say that nothing justifies violence while also supporting the agendas of those who have already crossed the line from advocacy to murder. A desire to seek scapegoats or to apply toxic Marxist ideology to political disputes often leads to the same dismal conclusion. That is why decent people should disavow such causes rather than treating instances of violence as something that should impel us to do the bidding of those who claim to be “pro-Palestinian.”

It has long been apparent that in the current atmosphere that “pro-Palestinian” has become indistinguishable from antisemitism. Regardless of the mental state of the D.C. shooter or the denials of responsibility of anti-Israel groups, violence against Israelis and Jews was always the inevitable next step. Those who chant for Jewish genocide cannot disavow their role in legitimizing violence against Jews. The response from the U.S. government and decent people everywhere should be to isolate this movement and to take whatever measures are needed to ensure that such assassinations, coupled with the targeting of Jewish students on college campuses, come to an end.


Jonathan S. Tobin – is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, which are available on all major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.


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World’s Jewish Communities Condemn Antisemitic Shooting Outside DC Museum, Urge Swift Action Amid Rising Threats

World’s Jewish Communities Condemn Antisemitic Shooting Outside DC Museum, Urge Swift Action Amid Rising Threats

Ailin Vilches Arguello


Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim who were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, pose for a picture at an unknown location, in this handout image released by Embassy of Israel to the US on May 22, 2025. Photo: Embassy of Israel to the USA via X/Handout via REUTERS

Jewish communities worldwide have strongly condemned the antisemitic shooting in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, calling for stronger government action as fears mount over a potential rise in violence following the deadly assault on two Israeli embassy staffers in the US capital.

The victims were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington while leaving an event for young professionals and diplomatic staff hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, chanted “Free Palestine, Free Palestine” after being taken into custody. He also reportedly said, “I did it for Gaza.”

Leading Jewish groups and figures around the world quickly decried the act of violence, expressing alarm about the global surge in antisemitism and noting the connection between anti-Israel animus and antisemitic hate crimes.

In France, the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF) condemned the shooting, calling it a “hateful crime” and emphasizing that “no political cause can ever legitimize antisemitism.”

“Make no mistake: targeting a Jewish museum and murdering two people while shouting ‘Free Palestine’ is not an act of solidarity — it is a hateful crime, a continuation of the antisemitic violence seen on Oct. 7, now echoed on other shores,” Yonathan Arfi, president of the CRIF, wrote in a statement on X, referring to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel. Antisemitic incidents have spiked worldwide in the aftermath of the onslaught, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

“What happened in Washington is a grim reminder that hatred of Jews, disguised as anti-Israel sentiment, is a global menace that knows no borders,” Arfi continued.

According to local authorities, the victims were Yaron Lischinsky, a 30-year-old research assistant in the political department at the Israeli embassy in Washington, and Sarah Milgrim, a 26-year-old embassy staffer who organized trips to Israel. The young couple was soon to be engaged.

Ted Deutch, CEO of the AJC, denounced the attack, saying the organization stands with the victims’ families and the broader Jewish community as they grieve the tragic loss.

“These are the worst fears of the Jewish community coming true. This was an act of pure evil, and what it did was send shockwaves through the Jewish community around the world,” Deutch said during an interview on Fox News. 

Amid a sharp rise in antisemitism and anti-Jewish hate crimes since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, the shooting on Wednesday night has ignited widespread condemnation from leaders and Jewish communities worldwide, while intensifying fears of further attacks.

In the UK, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Community Security Trust (CST) — the latter of which is a nonprofit charity that advises Britain’s Jewish community on security matters — also denounced the attack, calling for the suspect to face “the full force of the law.”

“This kind of terrorism is a global threat to all Jewish communities that has risen significantly since Oct. 7, and it is the reason why there is so much security across the Jewish community in the UK,” CST wrote in a statement on X. 

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced heightened security at Israeli embassies worldwide as a preventive measure following the deadly attack on US soil.

“We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and the wild incitement against the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “The blood libels against Israel are costing us blood and must be fought relentlessly.”

“My heart aches with the families of the young couple, whose lives were cut short by a despicable antisemitic murderer,” the Israeli leader continued. “I have ordered security arrangements to be boosted in Israeli diplomatic missions around the world and around representatives of the state.”

In a statement on X, Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), denounced the attack as “a devastating reminder that the danger facing Jewish communities is not history.”

Lauder called on US President Donald Trump and global leaders to act swiftly to bolster security at Jewish institutions around the world.

“Though this brazen act of violence occurred on American soil, its message was meant to cause Jews everywhere to tremble with fear,” he wrote. “But let there be no mistake — this act of terror will not drive us into the shadows. We will not hide our faces or our symbols. We will live openly and proudly, as a courageous people.” 

In Argentina, the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA) voiced strong condemnation of the attack and stood in solidarity with the victims’ families, while warning about “the alarming rise in antisemitic acts fueled by fierce demonization and delegitimization of the State of Israel.”

In a show of support, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) also condemned the “cold-blooded crime,” emphasizing that it was “premeditated and did not happen in a vacuum.”

“This attack underscores the ongoing vulnerability of Jewish communities around the world,” the statement read. “Antisemitism across the world has increased, including in South Africa, where we are seeing more attacks on our community members, including physical assault.”


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