The president of Israel, Isaac Herzoghe described this Thursday as “a despicable act of hate and anti -Semitism” the shot murder of two members of the Israeli embassy in the US. “It is a despicable act of hate and anti -Semitism that has claimed the lives of two young employees of the Israel Embassy. Our hearts are with the loved ones of the murdered and our immediate prayers are with the injured,” Herzog said in a message on social networks. Israeli President said “devastated” by the news, and said “terror and hate” will not break the spirit of the country.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel is in contact with Washington about what happened, and said Israeli representatives in the world are specially exposed to risk. “Israel will not surrender to terror”Saar said in a message. Also the Israeli Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, reacted to the attack, attributing it to the “Latent anti -Semitic hatred” of the attacks of October 7 of Hamas. “This town is stronger than any hatred and will overcome the desire to kill their enemies,” Smotrich said.
Netanyahu says that it is the “terrible price of anti -Semitism”
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, said Thursday that the world is witnessing the “Terrible price of anti -Semitism and the wild incitement against the state of Israel. “” Speeches against Israel are increasing and must be fought until the end, “said the president in a statement shared by his office.
The two employees of the murdered embassy were outside the Washington Jewish Museumwhere an event of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) was being held, when they were shot. The Department of the Metropolitan Police and the FBI continue to investigate the event.
