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The suspect in the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested, May 21, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 15, 2026, 11:10 pm
Prosecutors seek death penalty for man charged with killing Israeli DC embassy staffers
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro says shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim motivated by ‘political, ideological, national, and religious bias, contempt, and hatred’
By AFP
People gather to light candles in a makeshift memorial to honor Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim who were killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, during a candlelight vigil outside of the White House in Washington, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
February 5, 2026, 4:12 am
Terror charges added to indictment against man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers
Defendant in murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hit with four additional counts of terrorism that US attorney in DC notes ‘carry a mandatory life sentence’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US who were killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy in Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2026, 11:21 am
US AG says she’ll seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers
Pam Bondi tells Florida pro-Israel conference that Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were ‘murdered because they were Jewish’
By ToI Staff
Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US, killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy, Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 20, 2025, 6:51 am
US prosecutors: Suspect wore body camera to record killing of Israeli Embassy staffers
Court filing says Elias Rodriguez ordered camera to DC hotel where he was staying before shooting dead Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, underlining attack’s premeditated nature
By Michael Kunzelman
The family of slain Israel embassy staffer Sarah Milgrim speaks to CBS news in an interview broadcast on June 4, 2025. From left, father Robert, mother Nancy and brother Jacob (Screencapture/CBS)
June 4, 2025, 9:42 pm
Family of slain Israel embassy staffer speaks out against activists supporting attack
In first public remarks since killing, family says Sarah Milgrim – who was killed along with her partner Yaron Lischinsky after Gaza aid event – worked for peace
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Rabbi Doug Alpert speaks at the funeral of Sarah Milgrim at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, Kansas, on May 27, 2025. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 28, 2025, 3:45 am
Murdered Israeli Embassy staffer remembered for ‘all she had done to further peace’
‘If you’re really interested in doing something for Gaza… you could have asked’ Sarah Milgrim, says rabbi at Kansas City funeral, in remarks seemingly addressed at shooter who yelled ‘Free Palestine’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A video by Guy Christensen, an American anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 24, 2025, 5:24 am
Popular US pro-Palestinian TikTok influencer endorses murder of Israeli embassy staffers
After initially condemning killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Guy Christensen tells his over 3 million followers that shooter ‘isn’t a terrorist. He’s a resistance fighter’
By Ben Sales
The suspect in the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested, May 21, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 23, 2025, 9:45 am
Washington shooting suspect was anti-Israel activist, railed against Seattle’s ‘whitening’
Elias Rodriguez, 31, had ‘Tikkun Olam means FREE PALESTINE’ sign in home window, was linked to Party for Socialism and Liberation; apparent manifesto called to ‘bring the war home’
By Grace Gilson
Emergency personnel work at the site where two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
May 23, 2025, 2:24 am
Israelis shaken by deadly DC museum shooting: ‘I’m afraid to go abroad’
German antisemitism czar says there’s reason to fear copycats ‘on our own streets’; ex-Israeli ambassador to US Michael Oren blames incitement on social media and college campuses
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim (Courtesy)
May 22, 2025, 10:43 pm
Israeli embassy staffers killed in Washington aspired to Middle East bridge-building
Friends and colleagues remember the couple as driven by a desire to forge regional ties through diplomacy, and for their ‘unwavering belief’ in peace and equality
By Agencies
The suspect in the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested, May 21, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 22, 2025, 7:12 pm
Purported manifesto of DC shooting suspect appears online
Statement signed by Elias Rodriguez and posted soon after deadly attack says nonviolent protest ‘has not amounted to much’ and claims ‘armed action’ is ‘the only sane thing to do’
By ToI Staff
Yaron Lischinsky, right, and his partner Sarah Milgrim, both employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US who were killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy in Washington)
May 22, 2025, 12:24 pm
Yaron Lischinsky, Sarah Milgrim named as victims of Washington, DC, shooting
Both victims were embassy employees, who were about to get engaged; couple worked and advocated for Israeli-Arab coexistence
By Zev Stub, ToI Staff and JTA
A Jewish man, standing behind US police tape, talks on his cellphone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)
May 22, 2025, 10:00 am
Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in shooting attack at Washington, DC, Jewish Museum
Victims were a couple about to get engaged; shooter yelled ‘Free Palestine’ as arrested; Trump: ‘Horrible’ killings ‘obviously’ based on antisemitism; security raised at all embassies
By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (center) and US President Donald Trump's Middle East adviser Massad Boulos (right) at an iftar dinner at Israel's embassy, in Washington, DC, March 24, 2025. (Israel Embassy in the United States)
March 26, 2025, 10:07 am
Israel’s US embassy hosts interfaith Ramadan iftar dinner
Representatives from Gulf states glaringly absent amid ongoing war; Muslim leaders at event denounce Hamas and other extremist groups
By Lazar Berman
Ezra Weinblatt is handcuffed by police officers after an alleged assault on pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, April 16, 2024. (Screen capture: X/CAIR, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 19, 2024, 9:54 am
Altercation with anti-Israel protesters outside DC Embassy; rabbi’s son arrested
CAIR demands ‘hate crime’ investigation against Ezra Weinblatt for incident outside Israeli embassy in Washington; Weinblatt calls demonstrations ‘illegal and annoying’
By Ron Kampeas
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