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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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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 81 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The man who got shot had an active Twitter account. Very stand-up guy. Such a shame he got killed.

[-] Turbonics@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 weeks ago

Ohnoanyways.gif

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago

Won't find me weeping for an active defender of genocide being put in the cemetary.

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[-] shadowfax13@lemmy.ml 78 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

shooter’s manifesto. this will be spun as some anti-semitic bs when its clearly a desperate last act given the crackdown on peaceful protests and our politician bribed enough by aipac not giving a fig about them even when public opinion is overwhelming against israel.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto

no one deserves death for others actions but an israeli delegate is much more complicit than those helpless children and other innocents getting butchered everyday by israel.

these rich brats had a choice to be not part of the ongoing genocide or even make a stand. the children and families without water and food trapped in gaza have no choice other than to be target practice for idf scum

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit. This is insanely profound. Not dehumanizing his targets but acknowledging their humanity and therefore, their responsibility and the gravity of the thing he is about to do.

This wasn't a raving mad man stabbing or shooting the nearest, most Jewish looking person, this seems to have been a targeted shooting.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 weeks ago
[-] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

They will spin this off for anti semitism. Nothing to do with genocide in Palestine. Thank God for whoever invented the cameras in cell phone that we could see the massacre around the world. Imagine how bad it was before smart phones were invented.

[-] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"waow waow waow waow waow"

[-] wpb@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

I'm very conflicted on this. On the one hand, it is a good thing when genocide collaborators die, that's two less to worry about, but on the other, this could serve as a catalyst for further Zionist crackdowns on free speech.

[-] dRLY@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

I understand the catch 22 of it. But they are already doing crackdowns, and even without this, they have already planned more crackdowns. So it means that being afraid/concerned about potential crackdowns only really helps the Zionists/fascists. Just like the Dems always being concerned about how the Republicans will react makes them not actually accomplish anything ever. Never bothered to force things like Roe v Wade into official law when they had chances and just kept it as just an up in the air thing. There are very much times and places for trying "good faith" efforts. But they mean nothing and get stomped on if you already know the other side is "bad faith" only.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

They were going to crackdown anyway. There is no form of effective resistance to Israel that they would not respond to with escalating violence

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[-] Wildfire0Straggler3@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago

The staffers didn't deserve to die.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

You're right they didn't. Israel need to be seriously looking at the security they provide to their staff members.

When you become a genocidal terror state you have to accept that people around the world may try to reciprocate your violence against government officials.

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[-] machinin@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

They are part and parcel of the genocidal apparatus. I have no sympathy at all for them.

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[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

People getting killed is obviously bad. But just to put this into perspective, how many people were killed in Gaza today? How many children? And yesterday, and the day before? Oh wait, we don't even have a full count because the monsters also murder journalists.

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[-] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

"I am fighting an enemy squad who is known for beheading children, but I don't know which one of them slits throats, so I chose to simply not shoot any of them"

[-] b161 14 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

🦀 🦀 🦀

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

I know it makes me a terrible person. But I have trouble coming up with any response to this except "good. The time for bullshit words is over"

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[-] TsarVul@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Adventurism sets back this movement of ours. This is what a revolutionary spirit without theory to back it up does. ADL is already using this as casus belli to silence pro-Palestine voices. CIA and Mossad are popping champagne bottles as we speak. And all they lost were two ultimately expendable Zionist bureaucrats. This is a fucking disaster.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago

It would be if mass repression was not already in place from peaceful nonviolent protests.

Cause and effect are being swapped around.

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[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

From where has it been set back?

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