The Week: The Antisemitic Murders in Washington

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• The intifada has come to the nation’s capital. Wednesday evening, a gunman, who chanted “Free, Free Palestine” when he was later taken into custody, opened fire near the Capital Jewish Museum as attendees were leaving an event sponsored by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats. The attack killed a young couple—30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli Christian who served as a research assistant at the Israeli Embassy, and Sarah Milgrim, a 26-year-old Jewish Kansas native who organized missions and delegation visits for the embassy. Shortly after the shooting came the bitter news that Lischinsky had just purchased an engagement ring and had planned to propose to Milgrim next week in Jerusalem. Elias Rodriguez, the suspected shooter, is an out-of-central-casting left-wing extremist. He was once a part of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a group that advocates a socialist takeover of the United States and is consumed by loathing for both Israel and America. President Trump has made the fight against antisemitism in our cities and on college campuses a top priority, for which he should be commended. He must take a strong line here. The targeting of a specifically Jewish event to advance the Palestinian cause was an act of international terrorism on U.S. soil, and should be treated as such. As this attack reminds us, radicals who seek to destroy Israel also hate America.

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• We bring you the One Big Beautiful Newsletter.

• The intifada has come to the nation’s capital. Wednesday evening, a gunman, who chanted “Free, Free Palestine” when he was later taken into custody, opened fire near the Capital Jewish Museum as attendees were leaving an event sponsored by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats. The attack killed a young couple—30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli Christian who served as a research assistant at the Israeli Embassy, and Sarah Milgrim, a 26-year-old Jewish Kansas native who organized missions and delegation visits for the embassy. Shortly after the shooting came the bitter news that Lischinsky had just purchased an engagement ring and had planned to propose to Milgrim next week in Jerusalem. Elias Rodriguez, the suspected shooter, is an out-of-central-casting left-wing extremist. He was once a part of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a group that advocates a socialist takeover of the United States and is consumed by loathing for both Israel and America. President Trump has made the fight against antisemitism in our cities and on college campuses a top priority, for which he should be commended. He must take a strong line here. The targeting of a specifically Jewish event to advance the Palestinian cause was an act of international terrorism on U.S. soil, and should be treated as such. As this attack reminds us, radicals who seek to destroy Israel also hate America.