WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Spokespersons for a Christian and Muslim groups issued statements in the wake of the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim and the wounding of four others.
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Founder and Chairman, Pastor John Hagee said: May the God of all hope comfort those who mourn as we weep for Yaron and Sarah. We pray for their loved ones and continue to stand resolutely with Israel and the Jewish people against this unmitigated evil. If there is a line to be drawn, then draw it around both Christians and Jews, for we are one. This terror attack reminds the world that Jew hatred begins with words, but it doesn’t end there.
CUFI Action Fund Chairwoman Sandra Hagee Parker also had a statement: This tragedy is a harbinger for what is to come if our leaders continue to equivocate in the face of Jew hatred. The policies that this crisis demands — defining, combating, and physically defending against antisemitism, are neither partisan nor political: they are a moral imperative. Any elected official that has the temerity to oppose protecting religious institutions or the Antisemitism Awareness Act is effectively aiding and abetting the pro-Hamas movement in America. Or, was the terrorist simply exercising his freedom of speech as he screamed ‘Free Palestine’ after he killed Yaron and Sarah?”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, on Thursday condemned political violence as “completely unacceptable” after a deadly attack on Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., and said that the crime does not reflect or represent the millions of Americans peacefully advocating for an end to U.S. support for the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza.
Last night, a shooter opened fire on two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., killing both. He reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” after the shooting and posting a manifesto admitting responsibility for the attack and condemning the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza.
In a statement, CAIR said: We condemn last night’s deadly attack on Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C. While millions of Americans feel extreme frustration at the sight of the Israeli government slaughtering Palestinian men, women and children on a daily basis with weapons paid for with our taxpayer dollars, political violence is an unacceptable crime and is not the answer.
Such violence only undermines the pursuit of justice. Peaceful protest, civil disobedience and political engagement are the only appropriate and acceptable tools to advocate for policy change in our nation, including an end to U.S. support for the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza.
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