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Fatal Attack on Israeli Embassy Staff in Washington, D.C.: Safeguarding Diplomacy Law, History, and the Future of Embassy Security
On the evening of May 21, 2025, two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.—28-year-old political officer Yaron Lischinsky and his colleague Sarah Milgrim—were fatally shot as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. Witnesses reported a lone gunman pacing outside the museum before opening fire, and chanting “Free, free Palestine” upon his arrest, according to Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith . The killings prompted swift condemnations from high-ranking officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who decried “a heinous antisemitic murderer,” and U.S. President Donald Trump, who labeled the attack “based obviously on antisemitism” and affirmed that “hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA”