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No One Should Be Surprised

No One Should Be Surprised

The embassy murders were a matter of time

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May 28, 2025
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Some time around 3 pm last Wednesday, Elias Rodriguez logged onto Eventbrite and purchased a ticket to the “Young Diplomats Reception” at the Capital Jewish Museum.

By now, you know the rest of the heartbreaking story.

While the murder of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and his girfriend, Sarah Milgrim, is beyond shocking and disturbing, it should surprise no one, as it was really just the next logical step in a campaign of antisemitic hate that has surged —incredibly— since Hamas launched its heinous October 7 attacks against Israel, killing 1,200, including 36 children, and kidnapping 251.

While I certainly don’t want to sound as if I’m in any way exonerating the piece-of-shit, Rodriguez’s journey to the Jewish Museum last week was paved by a network of influencers who’ve inexplicably managed to cast the victim of those attacks, the State of Israel, as the villain.

Some have done so perhaps unwittingly, while others are quite intent on destroying not just Israel, but the US and Western civilization, as well.

After 19 months of hearing baseless claims of genocide and chants of “Intifada revolution” and “from the river to the sea,” —themselves an almost predictable reaction to an endless stream of misinformation from the UN, the International Criminal Court, BBC, Human Rights Watch, and even the Biden White House— it was simply a matter of time before a sociopathic serial protester decided to more fully embrace the cause.

This is the first installment of what a globalized Intifada looks like.

Rodriguez chants, “Free, free Palestine” as he’s being taken into custody

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