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Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in Washington (www.presstv.ir)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the deaths in an X post, saying, “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, "chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody," she added.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

Yeah, after Iraq and Afghanistan, and many other countries, I have very little sympathy for people working on foreign affairs with the US government. The US is not a force for good in this world.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

I wouldn't shed a single tear if Bush, Cheney and Rove were forced to answer for their crimes because they're the ones responsible. The staffers? What'd they do that deserves death?

Getting back to Israel; all this did was create 2 more martyrs for Bibi. Doesn't help the pro Palestinian cause one bit. Gives Trump yet another excuse to target every pro Palestinian in the US, citizen or not. And in case you haven't seen it yet the mainstream media is running with the story of how they were a couple about to be engaged. So this is just going to be used to garner more sympathy for Israel and make a ceasefire all the more unlikely.

This accomplished nothing, and to call it justified is just utter nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

First, I have no clue who deserves death or not. I just feel no sympathy for these lost lives. I won't feel any sympathy or regret if more Israeli government officials die.

Israel and the US government paint campus protestors as terrorists. They are going to continue painting any resistance to the genocide as terrorism.

We have no idea what this accomplished. You sound like the compromising liberals MLK Jr criticized. Oh, we just have to protest a little more civilly next time and avoid inconveniencing people. If this strikes fear in Israeli officials, sounds like a win to me

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