The body of Yaron Lischinsky, the Israeli embassy employee who was gunned down in an antisemitic attack in Washington, DC, Wednesday night, is expected to return to Israel on Friday, officials confirmed.
Loved ones of Lichinsky and representatives of the Israel Foreign Ministry will receive his coffin at an undisclosed airport before it’s taken to a burial site, a ministry spokesperson told NBC News.
Lichinsky and his colleague and girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, were allegedly shot and killed by 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez outside the Capital Jewish Museum shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Rodriguez allegedly shouted “Free, free Palestine” after admitting to the shooting outside the museum. He told officers on the scene, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” according to prosecutors.
The museum was hosting an event organized by the American Jewish Committee.
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David Goldenberg, Midwest regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said that calls for Israel to stop military action have devolved into antisemitic acts.
“Saying ‘Free Palestine’ is, in itself, not antisemitic,” Goldenberg told reporters in Chicago Friday, per the outlet.
“When the (anti-Jewish) chants begin, you as the leader, you lead. You shut it down. You make it clear to people coming to the protest (that) you don’t bring a sign that says ‘Globalize the Intifada’ we’re not going to have a sign that celebrates and calls for violence against Jews.”
Lischinsky served as a research assistant in the embassy’s Political Department since September 2022 after serving three years in the Israel Defense Forces, according to his LinkedIn.
Milgrim, who earned degrees from the University of Kansas and American University, has worked in the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy since November 2023, her online profile stated.
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