The slaughter of two Israeli Embassy staffers at a Washington, DC, Jewish museum demonstrates political violence is the “eighth front” of Israel’s conflict efforts, the nation’s ambassador to the US declared Thursday.
“This is done in the name of a political agenda to eradicate the state of Israel,” Yechiel Leiter instructed reporters exterior the Capital Jewish Museum, the place embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim have been gunned down as they left an occasion hosted by the American Jewish Committee.
The alleged gunman, left-wing activist Elias Rodriguez, 31, shouted “Free, free Palestine” after killing the soon-to-be engaged couple, in line with authorities.
“The state of Israel is now fighting a war on seven fronts. This is the eighth front,” Leiter stated.
Describing the newest battlefront as the trouble to counter “the war to demonize, delegitimize and to eradicate the right of the state of Israel to exist.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famous in remarks final October that the Jewish State was “defending itself” from “enemies of civilization” on seven fronts.
Netanyahu listed the conflict in Gaza in opposition to Hamas; combating in Lebanon in opposition to Hezbollah; conflicts with militants within the West Financial institution; assaults from the Houthis in Yemen, Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria; and countering Iran because the seven fronts.
“As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilized countries should be standing firmly by Israel’s side,” the prime minister stated.
The ambassador indicated that the “together” the US and Israel will “defeat this anti-Israelism and anti-Zionism, which parades around as something and along the lines of freedom-seeking.”
“This is not freedom-seeking,” Leiter continued. “Hamas is a death cult. They declared war on behalf of Iran and a ring of fire in order to eradicate us.”
“And this individual here last night was an extension of that ring of fire.”
Leiter later linked Rodriguez’s “free, free Palestine” chant with the anti-Israel slogans shouted at school campuses throughout nationwide protests final yr.
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“The big picture is very important for us to understand,” the ambassador instructed Fox Information “Special Report” host Bret Baier.
“‘Free, free Palestine’ is part of the chant that was heard across universities all across the country,” Leiter famous, describing the decision as an “eliminationist demand.”
“If we’re talking about the big picture, the outrage here is that we have international leaders like, you know, the president of France [Emmanuel Macron] trying to press for an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state,” the diplomat instructed Baier.
“So [Macron’s] fueling these chants, of the likes of this Elias Rodriguez, who thinks that he’s going to implement that eliminationist policy regarding Israel by shooting Jews here in Washington,” the ambassador argued.
Leiter knew each victims of the assault nicely, describing Lischinsky, 28, and Milgrim, 26, as a “beautiful young couple.”
The ambassador famous that Lischinsky labored “just a few doors away” from his workplace and was “young, bright, busy, and just a pleasure to have around.”
He stated Milgrim was “sunshine,” and that “she would walk into the room with her smile and red hair, and she would just light up the room.”
“Together, they were the perfect couple.”
