Bari Weiss: Welcome to the Global Intifada – by Bari Weiss

That Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim happened to be at an event about delivering humanitarian relief across the region, including to Palestinians in Gaza, was of no concern to the alleged murderer. He was there to free Palestine the slogan he shouted after he executed them. According to several witnesses, after the shooting, he reached into a bag, pulled out a keffiyeh and said: I did this for Gaza.

That may sound nonsensical to ordinary people. How would killing two Israeli embassy staffers improve the situation in Gaza? Of course one could ask the same question about the slaughter of some 1,200 men, women, and children by Hamas militants who invaded Israel on a Jewish holiday on October 7, 2023, and brought so much ruin on Gaza.

But the shooter s evil worldview has a demented logic, and, as he proved, it s a risk to us all.

It s a worldview that says that Jews and those who support the Jewish state wherever they live are now acceptable targets. It s a worldview that insists that a beautiful young woman and man in love in our nation s capitol might look like innocents to the uninitiated, when in fact they are monsters deserving of death.

via www.thefp.com

This is heartbreaking.

May their memories be a blessing. And may angels sing them to their rest.