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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Vance visits Israeli embassy in Washington to pay respects to murdered staffers
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WASHINGTON — US Vice President JD Vance visited the Israeli embassy in Washington earlier today to pay his respects after staffers Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead outside of an American Jewish Committee event in DC last week.
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter thanks Vance for the visit.
“The care and compassion you and the Trump administration have shown in the wake of this murderous attack are testaments to the enduring friendship between our two countries and peoples, and our mutual battle against terrorism,” Leiter writes in a post on X.
Thank you @VP Vance for coming to the Embassy to honor our dear colleagues and friends, Sarah and Yaron. The care and compassion you and the Trump administration have shown in the wake of this murderous attack are testaments to the enduring friendship between our two countries… pic.twitter.com/4NNG3Yt7pr
— Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter (@yechielleiter) May 27, 2025
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