Gunman kills Israeli embassy couple in Washington, following decades of embassy-targeted attacks

These antisemitic murders committed in our nation’s capital are a direct result of the organized and effective effort to demonize the Jewish state and to build hatred and encourage violence toward anyone associated with Israel.”

Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, one of the largest umbrella groups of Orthodox Jews in the United States, said in a statement

David Wolperabbi

But the campuses normalized hate and anathematized Jews,

Rabbi Wolpe said

David Wolperabbi

You can’t draw a direct line from the campus to the gun,

said David Wolpe, who’s the emeritus rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and who was a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School as campus protests broke out there last year

There is such a merging and mixing of ideologies and of content and language,

said Dave Rich, the director of policy at Community Security Trust, a Jewish nonprofit in London that tracks antisemitism in Britain

But in recent years it has returned with a fury,

Mr. Reich said

Everywhere across the board, you had more incidents than before Oct. 7 — that impression is lasting,

said Professor Uriya Shavit, the director of the Religious Studies Program at Tel Aviv University, which produces one of the most comprehensive annual reports on the level of antisemitism worldwide

I felt sad, ... when you see such a lovely young couple that’s on the verge of actualizing their dreams in life, you know, at sort of the nicest point in life.”

he said

Ambassador Leiter said last night, this young man was about to propose to her. He had bought a ring. They were going to get engaged in Israel. They had their entire lives in front of them, and now it's taken away,

said Bondi

I was on the phone with Donald Trump all evening long, all evening. He called me first thing this morning,

Bondi said Thursday on "America’s Newsroom."

Two beautiful young people were gunned down last night needlessly,

said Bondi

We want our Jewish community to feel safe again,

she said

As a physician organization dedicated to protecting the health and sanctity of human life, we believe in the rights of all persons to live safely without fear of violence,

the association said

Dan BonginofBI Deputy Director

I want the public to be assured we are following up on any additional leads to ensure we do our complete and total due diligence on this.”

Bongino

We extend our deepest sympathy to the victims' loved ones, wishing them peace, comfort and strength during this unimaginably difficult time.”

It continued

We hope to have updates as to the authenticity very soon,

he said

Once in handcuffs, the suspect identified where he discarded the weapon, and that weapon has been recovered, and he implied that he committed the offence,

she said

Our hearts are with the loved ones of those murdered and our immediate prayers are with the injured. I send my full support to the Ambassador and all the embassy staff. We stand with the Jewish community in DC and across the U.S.,

he continued

We, and all the attendees, gathered in the interest of finding practical solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,

IsraAID, an independent Israel-based aid group, said in a statement

I have several Jewish colleagues here that are dear friends who came up to me. We spoke about that in the wee hours of the morning, and how jarring it is for them and for all of us, and it reminds us that we’ve got to be very careful,

Johnson said

We are a resilient people. The people of Israel are resilient people. The people of the United States of America are resilient people. Together, we won’t be afraid. Together, we’ll stand and we’re going to overcome moral depravity of people who think that they’re going to achieve political gains through murder,

Leiter said