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The Chief Rabbi said that the Jewish community would not lose hope

May 23, 2025 08:18
Vigil outside Israeli Embassy in London after Washington killings (Photo: CAA)
Candles were lit at the vigil outside the Israeli Embassy in London on Thursday evening (Photo: CAA)
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Campaigners fighting antisemitism have described the killing of two diplomats outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington as “a ticking time bomb which has been waiting to explode”.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram, who both worked for the Israeli Embassy in the United States, were shot outside Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night as they were leaving an event.

According to police at the scene, the suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago, shouted: “Free, free Palestine” as he was taken into custody.

Following a vigil for the couple, organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, outside the Israeli Embassy in London on Thursday evening, a spokesperson for the organisation said: “The growing extremism of the ‘Free Palestine’ movement has been a ticking time bomb which has been waiting to explode. This is what they mean when they yell ‘Globalise the intifada’ on the streets of capital cities, on our campuses and at trade union meetings.