Trump’s calls for an END to anti-Semitism as he sends condolences to family of murdered Israeli Embassy couple

By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Published: 13:25 BST, 22 May 2025 | Updated: 13:25 BST, 22 May 2025

President Donald Trump is fed up with the wave of anti-Semeitism being displayed in the U.S. and called for its end in the wake of the murder of two Israeli Embassy workers.

A couple was murdered at an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on Thursday by a gunman shouting ‘free Palestine.’

‘These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!’ Trump posted to Truth Social overnight. ‘Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA.’

‘Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!’ he wrote just after midnight on Thursday morning.

Trump and his administration have been cracking down over the first months of his administration on the universities across the U.S. that allow pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses.

The Department of Education has threatened to pull federal funding and grants from those institutions that they feel allow the anti-Semitic demonstrations to take place.

President Donald Trump called for an immediate end to anti-Semitism in the U.S. after the murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers

‘These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!’ Trump posted to Truth Social overnight. ‘Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA’

Israeli Embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim, worked in the public diplomacy department at the embassy, were gunned down and killed in the devastating attack on Wednesday night.

The suspect identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez was taken into custody and questioned overnight, the FBI said.

The late couple was attending a Young Diplomats event at the Capital Jewish Museum when they were killed in the ‘act of terror.’

Israeli ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter revealed Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring earlier this week ‘with the intention of proposing next week in Jerusalem.’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that ‘wild incitement against the State of Israel’ was to blame for the horror attack and that it was the ‘terrible price of anti-Semitism.’

Israeli Embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim, worked in the public diplomacy department at the embassy, were gunned down and killed in the devastating attack on Wednesday night.

Trump has cracked down on the rise in pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the U.S. and threatened to pull federal funding from colleges that allowed these protests to take place. Pictured: Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on April 7

The war between Israel and terrorists operating out of Gaza started on October 7, 2023 when members of Hamas carried out the largest single-day slaughter of Jewish people since the Holocaust.

While the two sides were in a ceasefire, that was broken in March.

President Trump just secured this month the release of Edan Alexander, 21 – the first Israeli hostage to be let go since the ceasefire was broken.

The Middle East conflict has staunchly divided the U.S. between those who support Israel and the Jewish State and those who support Palestinians and the Hamas terrorists who serve as the de facto government in Gaza.

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Trump’s calls for an END to anti-Semitism as he sends condolences to family of murdered Israeli Embassy couple

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