World leaders condemn the shooting at the Israeli embassy staff in DC while Israel blames anti -Semitic incitement

World leaders reacted Thursday morning to Murder of two employees of the Israeli embassy Outside the Jewish museum in Washington, DC, when the Israeli government blamed the attack on “anti -Semitic incitement” by other countries, “especially from Europe.”

Washington police chief said The suspect In the attack, identified as a Chicago man, he shouted “free and free Palestine”, since he was arrested.

He The victims were identified When he was young couple, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

“These horrible DC murders, obviously based on anti -Semitism, must end, now! Hate and radicalism do not take place in the United States,” said President Trump in a statement on his real social platform. “Condolences to the families of the victims. As sad that things as this can happen! God bless you all!”

The head of foreign policy of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, said he was “shocked by the shooting of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.”

“There is no place in our societies for hatred, extremism or anti -Semitism. I extend my condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Israel,” Kallas said in a statement published on social networks.

Germany Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on social networks: “Nothing can justify anti -Semitic violence.” He said his thoughts were with the Israeli embassy and the families of those killed in “insidious murder.”

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on social networks that “the murder of two members of the Israeli embassy near the Jewish museum in Washington is an abhorrent act of antisemitic barbarism. Nothing can justify such violence.”

Barrot said that “their thoughts go with their loved ones, their colleagues and the state of Israel.”

“The anti -Semitic attack outside the Jewish Capital Museum in Washington DC,” said Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, in a position on social networks. “Anti -Semitism is an evil that we must eliminate wherever it appears. My thoughts are with their colleagues, family and loved ones, and, as always, I am solidarity with the Jewish community.”

In a televised statement, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar blamed the attack against “toxic and anti -Semitic incitement against Israel and Jews throughout the world that has been happening since October 7”.

Sa’ar said that this “incitement”, which called “modern blood defamation” had come from “leaders and officials from many countries and organizations, especially from Europe.”

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on social networks: “We are witnessing the horrible price of anti -Semitism and wild incitement against the state of Israel. Blood notebooks against the cost of the Jewish state in the blood, and must fight until the end.”

The France Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected Sa’ar’s involvement that the fault of European nations for the attack in Washington, with spokesman Christophe Lemoine calling the comments “completely scandalous and completely unjustified.”

“France has condemned, France Condemas and France will continue to condemn, always and unequivocally, any act of anti -Semitism,” said French news agency News cited Lemoine.

European leaders have been increasingly open in condemning the blockade of humanitarian food and the humanitarian medical aid of Israel, which according to international groups put the entire population of the Palestinian territory at risk of starvation. Israel allowed a limited number of trucks that transport food and other supplies to enter Gaza this week After intense international pressureeven from the United States.

The war in Gaza began after Hamas, a terrorist group designated by the United States and Israel, attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages.

The Ministry of Health led by Hamas in Gaza says that more than 53,600 Palestinians, mainly women and children, have been killed by Israel in Gaza since then.

Netanyahu said Thursday that security would increase in Israeli embassies worldwide in response to shooting.

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