The shock is immense. Wednesday, May 21, near the Jewish Museum of Washington, an armed man opened fire on a group of four, killing two employees of the Israel Embassy in the United States. The assailant, a 30 -year -old man from Chicago, would have shouted “Free Palestine” before opening fire. Donald Trump reacted to his social social network, denouncing “Horrible murders” And “Obviously motivated by anti -Semitism”.
In the wake of the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu ordered on Thursday to strengthen the security of all the diplomatic representations of his country in the world. He sees in this attack the fruit of a “Furious incentive” to violence against Israel, against the backdrop of propalely protests linked to the current war in Gaza. Israeli military operations in the enclave, launched to destroy Hamas after the attack on October 7, sparked a wave of mobilization in several countries, especially in the United States.
“The horrors of the past must not come back”
After the tragedy announcement, reactions flocked all over the world. In France, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot reacted in these terms: “The murder of two members of the Israel Embassy near the Jewish Museum in Washington is an odious act of anti -Semitic barbarism. Nothing can justify such violence. »» The president of the representative council of Jewish institutions in France (CRIF), Yonathan Arfi, expressed “Sadness” And ” anger “denouncing an attack which, according to him, “Polishes the anti-Semitic attacks of October 7 in the world.
The head of European Union diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said “Shocked” and recalled that “Hatred, extremism and anti -Semitism do not have and should not have room in our societies”. In Italy, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned “Force scenes of terror and violence”qualifying the attack on “Murder”. “Anti -Semitism (…) must be arrested, the horrors of the past must not come back ”, he warned.
An “odious act”
British Foreign Minister David Lammy said “Horrified” by what he describes as “A terrible anti -Semitic crime”. “Our thoughts go to the victims, their families and their colleagues at the moment terrible”he wrote on X. In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz denounced a “Odious act”. “I am dismayed by the news of the murder of two employees of the Israel Embassy in Washington. At present, we must start from the principle that it is an anti -Semitic act ”, he said.
In New York, the permanent representative of Israel at the United Nations, Danny Danon, spoke of a “Sweet act of anti -Semitic terrorism”. In a press release, he said his confidence in the ability of the American authorities to take “Strong measures against those responsible for this criminal act”.
