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- Fox News
ASRA NOMANI: I watched hate consume Democrats' 'non-violent' #NoKings rallies
PHILADELPHIA – Last Saturday, behind a phalanx of local cops, teachers' union president Randi Weingarten stood on a stage in the heart of the city and pumped her fists in the air as she declared to a crowd protesting President Donald Trump: "We have to practice, not as a strategy, but as a way of life, peaceful nonviolence." It was a scene scripted to feel uplifting. Stage managers had set up the riser for the speakers right beneath the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where actor Sylvester Stallone famously filmed his iconic movie scene as boxer Rocky Balboa, running the stairs and then pumping his fists victoriously into the air. But the feel-good energy was suddenly pierced by shouting. A chant — scattered and distant — rose like a tide. As I drew closer to the intersection of Kelly Drive and Spring Garden Street, I recognized the familiar sing-song cadence that has marked chaos on America's streets since the Oct. 7, 2023, brutal murders of Israelis by Hamas terrorists. "Free, free Palestine!" the chant began. The response came right after: "Free, free, free Palestine!" These were the same words shouted by Elias Rodriguez, an activist radicalized in the Party for Socialism and Liberation, moments after he murdered two Israel Embassy staffers on the streets of Washington, D.C., last month. Then, another familiar refrain: "From the sea to the river, Palestine will live forever!" "Donald Trump, you will see, Palestine will be free!" As a U.S. Army veteran took the main stage, the chants shifted: "U.S. imperialists! No. 1 terrorists!" "No. 1 racists! No. 1 fascists!" Then, unmistakably: "Globalize the intifada!" Missing from after-action reports that Indivisible, the main organizer of the #NoKings protests, sent journalists was any mention of the radical flanks: the "Palestine Contingent," "ICE Contingent," and "Labor Contingent" that joined protests in Philadelphia, New York City, Sacramento, Calif., and other cities, according to reporting that I did on the ground and from afar. These "contingents" include self-declared socialist, Marxist and communist groups advocating for the dismantling of the American "empire." Thursday night, they were on the streets again, protesting "NO WAR ON IRAN!." Through my investigation at the Pearl Project, a nonprofit journalism initiative named for my friend and colleague, Daniel Pearl, murdered in 2002 by militants in Pakistan, I initially found about 195 organizations and then 70 Democratic National Committee affiliates in the political machine behind the #NoKings protests, with about $2.1 billion in annual revenues. Based on my new reporting, another 118 organizations led the most radical parts of the protests, with combined annual revenues of about $204 million. I've added their names to a public database that I'm seeking to build to provide transparency for the public, press, police and policymakers about the professional protest industry: its tactics, network and ultimate aim – to sow chaos and discord. Across the country, contingents with anti-American agendas joined protests: Back in Philadelphia, the chants from the local "Palestine Contingent" continued. "When people are occupied, resistance is justified!" "Resistance is glorious! We will be victorious!" Their banners and signs made no mistake about their beliefs. A few masked men held a banner that declared, "Amerika is the head of the snake." Another banner read: "The Global Economy is Complicit in Genocide." A young man in a keffiyeh and dark shades stood behind a banner for the International Jewish Labor Bund, a self-declared socialist organization. Behind him, a man held a sign with the Party for Socialism and Liberation across the bottom in its distinctive black-and-white design. An older woman with a keffiyeh wrapped around her face pumped her fist into the air behind a banner that read, "Workers World Party," a communist organization birthed during the Soviet era. The illusion cracked. What I was witnessing wasn't a call for "peaceful nonviolence." It was the presence of a dangerous force: a coalition of far-left activists and Islamist sympathizers, which I call the Woke Army, emboldened by donor dollars, protected by political silence and increasingly comfortable with violence. Identifying myself as a journalist, I drew the ire of "Palestine Continent" activists for filming them, and I saw firsthand how this protest culture is not just performative — it's punitive, sectarian and violent. "Are you a Zionist?" a young masked man asked me, while others tried to block my path, taunting me. Another young masked man demanded: "Do you like genocide?" Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin took the stage, grinning at the success of the nationwide protest. He turned to his wife, Indivisible co-founder, Leah Greenberg, and said: "Would you lead us in a pledge of allegiance?" She began awkwardly, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…" In the "Palestine Contingent," where I stood, the activists screamed: "Boo! Boo! Boo!" They drowned out Greenberg's words: "...with liberty and justice for all." As I panned the crowd with my camera, one young man, about 20 feet away, stopped booing to curse at me: "Get your f---ing camera out of my face, you f---ing Zionist!" Then: "Get the f--- out of my face, you Mossad piece of sh--!" Mossad is the Israeli intelligence agency. He got closer, ramming his middle finger at me, eyes glaring. Only one person – a young man – stepped forward to try to stop him. But the masked agitator escalated his claims: "She's a f---ing foreign agent! She's a f---ing foreign agent of Israel!" A masked woman with cropped hair jumped in front of me to then scream, ironically, into the camera: "Get your f---ing camera out of my face!" She circled back to flip me off. I didn't budge. My mother, watching the footage later, said: "These masked people tried to terrorize you like they are terrorizing the nation." She was right. I know these propaganda tactics. First, my friend Daniel Pearl's kidnappers smeared him as an American spy for the CIA and then a Zionist Jewish spy for Mossad, before beheading him and cutting his body into pieces. It's the rhetoric of dehumanization that the "progressives" claim to challenge but actually too often perpetuate against anyone with a different point of view. The "Palestine Contingent" weren't expressing "peaceful nonviolence" in their chants or aggression. They were moments of coercion. I wrote this column in the shadow of another horror — the brutal murder of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband by an alleged killer who hunted them down. America is becoming a nation where vigilantism is no longer lurking in the margins. It's marching through the streets, often with a protest permit. We rightly condemn right-wing violence when it erupts. But left-wing violence — often cloaked in social justice language — is excused, minimized, or worse, cheered. Networks of leftist activists now openly call for the "global intifada," and the "resistance" by "any means" including confrontation, intimidation, destruction and violence. That is not protest. That is factionalism with fists. From the main stage, a leader shouted: "Whose flag?" "Our flag!" One of the anti-Israel activists noted the American flag was the "flag of imperialism." In other protests, the "Palestine Contingent" got the microphone – or took it. In Oakland, Calif., Zahra Billoo, executive director of the CAIR chapter in the San Francisco Bay Area, had a featured speaker slot. The Women's March kicked her off its board for anti-semitic remarks.. In Philadelphia, I watched the speakers on the big screen, as masked agitators chanted over them, some accusing the organizers of being too soft on America. At one point, the din became so loud that the speaker's voice could barely be heard over the cries of "Globalize the intifada." MSNBC host Rachel Maddow covered the protests like a cheerleader, praising the "nonviolence" without acknowledging the virulent antisemitism, factionalism and outright hatred also on display. The sectarianism that has torn apart the Middle East and so many countries – from Ireland to the Balkans – is now animating street politics in America. As I stood on the steps beneath Rocky's bronze gaze, the chants still echoing, I thought about what made that statue so beloved. It wasn't just about winning. It was about standing up — even in the face of intimidation — for what's right. That's what we need now. Vigilantism is not justice. Dogma is not "resistance." And hate, no matter how well masked, has no place on America's streets. And we each have to stand up to it and not be intimidated by it. Each of us must stand up to it, unflinching and unafraid. As the "Palestine Contingent" rolled up their socialist banners, I retraced Rocky's steps, running the stairs, pumping my fists in the air.
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First Post
3 days ago
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FirstUp: Modi in Croatia in first visit by an Indian PM to the European nation... Headlines today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a historic first visit to Croatia. The US Fed holds interest rates at 4.25–4.50 per cent amid easing inflation, while Elias Rodriguez faces a preliminary hearing in the Jewish museum shooting case in Washington, DC. Indonesia's Subianto meets Putin, and Nippon Steel nears completion of its major US Steel deal read more India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the G7 Leaders' Summit held at the Rocky Mountain resort village of Kananaskis, at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. Reuters June 18, 2025, brings a diverse set of global headlines. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Croatia for a historic first visit, focusing on deepening bilateral ties. The US Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate decision amid easing inflation concerns. In Washington, the preliminary hearing begins for Elias Rodriguez, charged in a high-profile museum shooting. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto meets Vladimir Putin in Russia, signalling closer ties. Meanwhile, Japan's Nippon Steel faces a regulatory deadline in its $14 billion bid to acquire US Steel. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Here are today's top developments. Modi on landmark visit to Croatia Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Zagreb today for a historic first visit by an Indian leader to Croatia. He is set to meet Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and President Zoran Milanović. The agenda includes signing bilateral agreements on defense cooperation, IT sector collaboration and renewable energy projects. 'This will be the first ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Croatia, marking an important milestone in the bilateral relationship. Prime Minister will hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Plenković and meet the President of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Zoran Milanović. The visit to Croatia will also underscore India's commitment to further strengthening its engagement with partners in the European Union,' said the PM office in a statement. Modi's visit follows stops in Cyprus and Canada, underlining India's expanding diplomatic outreach in Europe. US Fed maintains rates amid disinflation Following its June 17–18 policy meeting, the US Federal Reserve held the federal funds target range steady at 4.25–4.50 per cent. The central bank cited disinflation — core inflation slowed to 2.7 per cent year-over-year — and moderated wage growth, which together justify pausing rate hikes. While growth remains steady and unemployment low, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that future rate decisions will be data-driven. Preliminary hearing for SC shooting suspect In Washington, DC, a preliminary hearing has begun for Elias Rodriguez (31), charged with murdering two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 8. According to court filings, Rodriguez allegedly shouted 'Free Palestine' during the attack. Prosecutors have presented video evidence and eyewitness testimony, while the defense argues the attack was random and not motivated by ideology. A judge set bail at $500,000 amid hate-crime enhancements; trial date expected in late July. Subianto meets Putin Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will touch down in St. Petersburg from June 18 to June 20 for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Agenda items include defence cooperation, joint economic zones and Indonesian participation in Russia's annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Indonesia seeks to diversify its global ties, while Russia views this as a win amid Western economic sanctions. Nippon Steel aims to finalise US Steel acquisition Japanese steel giant Nippon Steel is racing to close its $14 billion acquisition of US Steel. Following a security-review 'golden share' agreement with the US government — granting the US veto over certain strategic asset decisions — the deal now awaits final regulatory and shareholder approval. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Completion is expected before June 30. Nippon's plans include investing over $11 billion in modernisation efforts and climate-friendly steelmaking within five years. Analysts say the deal could reshape North American steel capacity. With inputs from agencies
New York Post
10-06-2025
- New York Post
Inside Israeli Embassy shooter Elias Rodriguez's fan club
Elias Rodriguez is accused of brutally murdering two Israeli embassy staffers — but a sick fan club cheering on his action is growing around him. A twisted online community has exploded supporting the suspected terrorist: Writing him letters in jail, petitioning for his release, and celebrating his crime as part of the so-called 'global intifada.' The Post infiltrated several popular Telegram channels which circulate op-eds, petitions and even stickers in support of the accused murderer. 8 Elias Rodriguez was arrested for allegedly shooting Yaron Lichinsky and Sarah Pilgrim in May. Katie Kalisher via Storyful Rodriguez, 31, is charged with shooting Yaron Lichinsky, 28, and Sarah Pilgrim, 26, late on May 21 as they were leaving a Young Diplomats Reception held at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC. The victims, who were a couple, both worked at the Israeli Embassy. Chicago native Rodriguez is now charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is being held in jail as prosecutors determine a full list of charges against him. Depraved Rodriguez, who had ties to radical left-wing groups, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack that night while chanting 'Free Palestine' which has since made him the subject of praise online. A video of Rodriguez's arrest posted to Resistance News Network, a pro-Palestinian Telegram channel with more than 165,000 followers, received tremendous positive attention. 404 users reacted with a heart-on-fire emoji, and 192 more with a salute emoji. 8 A message posted to the Tariq el-Tahrir Youth and Student Network Telegram channel encouraged members to post stickers of Rodriguez 'everywhere.' Telegram Individuals on the Tariq el-Tahrir Youth and Student Network Telegram channel were encouraged to print out stickers of Rodriguez and to 'distribute them everywhere! Long live the armed anti-imperialist resistance!' Especially disturbing strings of comments about Rodriguez and racist hate directed towards Lichinsky and Pilgrim were left by members of GAZA NOW IN ENGLISH, a Telegram channel with more than 200,000 members. An image of Rodriguez posted to the channel the day after the attack praised him for, 'in a moment of courage, [deciding] to make his voice heard and [confronting] the murderers with boldness,' despite both of his victims being entirely innocent diplomats. 8 Stickers of Elias Rodriguez were circulated on Telegram groups to be downloaded by users. 8 Reactions on Telegram to Lichinsky and Pilgrim's murder were viciously antisemitic. Telegram 'Great man even though he's a Christian/atheist worm,' one channel member responded. Another wrote, 'Blessed… two zionists off to their promised land in HELL!!!' 'Go go go rodriguesz [sic], another shooter are welcomed,' a third user wrote. Another said, 'This should happen all over the world in each and every country.' Responses to a photo of the two victims were equally depraved. Heart emojis, Palestinian flags, poop emojis, and inverted red triangles, used by Hamas in military footage to indicate an Israeli target before an attack, littered the comment section. 'Welcome to hell,' someone emboldened by their anonymity wrote. Another chimed in, 'Those things are not 'people' they are demons.' 'Thank you… let all iarelist [sic] and zionist be killed,' a commenter added. 'Killing jews ia [sic] service to humanity. Kill more of these terrorist children killers,' someone wrote. 8 Many users on the GAZA NOW IN ENGLISH Telegram channel celebrated the murders. Telegram Multiple Telegram channels, including the United Liberation Front for Palestine and Resistance News Network, circulated a petition to free Rodriguez, written by the anonymous Free Elias Rodriguez Organizing Committee. 'Elias Rodriguez's targeted attack on two israeli [sic] diplomatic staff on May 21, 2025 was a legitimate act of resistance against the zionist state,' it reads, condoning murder on US territory for political ends. 8 Rodriguez's image was photoshopped onto a Palestinian flag, superimposed with a hammer and sickle. Telegram They compare Rodriguez to alleged United Healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, 'whose alleged actions,' the petition argues, 'also helped to balance the scales of justice.' 'We are saying that such counter-violence is legitimate. It is justice. Elias Rodriguez's act was fully justified, at that place where legal and moral duties meet.' 8 Several Telegram groups circulated a petition to free Elias Rodriguez from prison. Telegram Jewish groups have warned that many channels like these are actually seeded and fuelled by Hamas to spread its anti-Israel propaganda. 'The Telegram app has a channel where anyone can find English translations of propaganda from groups like Hamas. It's not necessarily like there's a menu of options from Hamas, it's not that official. They just create online spaces where people can access and circulate their propaganda. 'It serves Hamas by portraying them as a legitimate resistance instead of the bloodthirsty terrorists that they are. It has dangerous consequences and makes people feel like they are not alone in their resistance, which can make them more damaging,' Oren Segal, the Anti-Defamation League's SVP for Counter-Extremism and Intelligence, recently told The Post. 8 A 'zine' version of Khaled Barakat's op-ed was circulated for download on several channels. Telegram Telegram groups, including Resistance News Network, the Tariq el-Tahrir Youth and Student Network, and United Liberation Front for Palestine, which were identified to The Post by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as especially extreme channels, have also shared an especially inflammatory op-ed celebrating Rodriguez. The piece is written by Khaled Barakat, an individual identified by the US Department of Treasury as a Specially Designated National for his association with the designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Published originally in Arabic in a Lebanese newspaper, the piece has been converted into a 'zine' form that Telegram users are circulating in a printable PDF form. Barakat's message reads: 'Rodriguez's operation represents a cry in the face of the American system, and a message that resistance is … an identity, and an ethical and political stance that allows for no compromise.'
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Shooting of Israeli embassy staffers underscores US ‘era of violent populism'
The killing of two staff of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC comes as the war in Gaza has splintered the American body politic alongside the ongoing rise in political violence. A shooter, identified as Elias Rodriguez, shot the two people, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday after they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Rodriguez reportedly chanted 'free, free Palestine' while being detained by security. This is the latest act of violence in a string of incidents that have affected Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities in the US. A man in Illinois attacked a six-year-old and his mother, both Palestinian American, and killed the boy in 2023 soon after Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, and three Palestinian students were shot in Vermont in November 2023. Reports of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism have soared since the war began. But an uptick in violence is not uniquely associated with the war in Gaza. It's a feature of this 'era of violent populism', said Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Between assassination attempts on Donald Trump, ongoing threats of violence against a wide swath of government officials including judges, and an arson attack against the Pennsylvania governor, Wednesday's shooting was not one that happened in isolation. 'This is a chronic illness in our country,' Pape said. 'This is not a set of isolated events.' People who commit acts of political violence often believe they will be celebrated by some portion of the public that supports the same goals, he said. The alleged killer's supposed manifesto nods at this. 'They think about how they want to be perceived and what they want the news to be saying about them afterwards,' said Liliana Mason, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University. 'And it's a very kind of self-oriented set of motivations.' 'We know that this guy screamed Free Palestine. He probably thought that he was doing something political. But also, there are plenty of people who think we should free Palestine, who are not going to go murder a couple people.' A small portion of the pro-Palestinian movement has formally embraced the language of armed resistance, but the vast majority of those protesting against the war have been non-violent. In the day since the shooting, condemnations have come from all sides of the political spectrum, including from politicians who have opposed US involvement in the war and joined pro-Palestinian protests. It also sparked a debate over the distinction between antisemitism and anti-Israel political violence, in part because it remains unclear what the perpetrator knew about his victims. 'My heart breaks for the loved ones of the victims of last night's attack in DC,' said Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman who is Palestinian American. 'Nobody deserves such terrible violence. Everyone in our communities deserves to live in safety and in peace.' Trump offered condolences to the loved ones of the couple killed in the attack. 'These horrible DC killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!' he wrote on Truth Social. 'Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA.' Jews in the US have said it is another example of the menace they are facing as people protest against the war. Josh Shapiro, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania whose residence was the target of an antisemitic arson earlier this year, said he was 'heartbroken and horrified' by the attack. 'May their memories be a blessing and a call to action for each of us,' he wrote on social media. A writer in the conservative Jewish publication Commentary wrote that Jewish institutions would quickly work to increase security and that 'Jews will be arming ourselves'. Pape's surveys have tracked a growing acceptance of using violence to achieve political goals across the political spectrum. A poll he conducted in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League in spring 2023, before the Gaza war began, found that Americans who are highly antisemitic were three times more likely to support violence to achieve political aims than the general population. (The Anti-Defamation League is known for tracking antisemitism, but its methods have come under scrutiny for conflating antisemitism and anti-Zionism.) But the killings also show that the US is a 'tinderbox' and that political violence is a slippery slope, said Pape. People tend to compartmentalize political violence – if there's an act of violence against Jews, it's only a Jewish issue, the thinking goes, he said. But violence tends to beget more violence, and more acceptance of violence. His surveys in 2024 found increasing support for violence against Trump alongside support for violence in favor of Trump, stemming in part from a belief that the electoral and political systems won't address their grievances. 'The more political violence there is against Trump, the more there will be political violence against Democratic leaders like Josh Shapiro,' Pape said. 'The more there's political violence against Josh Shapiro, the more there will be antisemitic political violence. These are not compartmentalized issues.' Meanwhile, it's not only those in the Jewish and Palestinian communities who are being affected, but also those who have taken part in demonstrations associated with the war in Gaza. Police have used force against protesters on campuses and off, seeking to quash the mass movements that have sprung up around the globe. Thousands of students have been arrested, suspended, kicked out of colleges, lost financial aid, had their degrees withheld. Others who were in the US on visas have seen their immigration threatened and face deportation. The killings in Washington will probably lead to further crackdowns by the Trump administration on the pro-Palestinian cause. Pape's most recent survey, earlier this month, showed 39% of Democrats agreed that using force was justified to remove Trump from office and that only 44% of Republicans opposed Trump using the US military to stop protests. 'We can sleepwalk into martial law pretty easily,' Pape warned.
Daily Mail
04-06-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Grieving father of murdered Israeli embassy worker fights tears as he gives first interview since slaying
The family of Sarah Milgrim, one of the Israeli embassy staffers shot to death outside the Capital Jewish Museum, held back tears as they described how strong she was. Sarah's parents, Robert and Nancy, and her older brother, Jacob, granted CBS News their first interview since last month's gruesome terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., which also took the life of Sarah's boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky. 'Usually, a parent tries to mold their child. Sarah molded us,' Robert Milgrim said. 'She was a stronger person than I ever was.' 'I told Nancy after this happened that I'm a different person now than before this happened, from learning so much about what Sarah did and her courage and her striving for peace,' he said. Sarah, 26, and Lischinsky, 30, were shot and killed while leaving a diplomatic event focused on how to get more aid into Gaza, the Palestinian region Israel invaded after Hamas killed nearly 1,200 Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023. 'She wasn't against the Palestinians. She wasn't against the people in Gaza. She was in all her heart working towards finding a way for everyone to live together peacefully,' her mother, Nancy Milgrim, revealed to CBS News. The suspected shooter, 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, allegedly fired 21 shots at the couple, who was due to be engaged the following week. During his arrest, Rodriguez was hauled away while shouting: 'Free, free Palestine,' as he squirmed against the officers' grip. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the shooting, which was described by law enforcement as 'targeted.' Rodriguez, who has been shown to have negative feelings toward Israel in leaked texts, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The Milgrim family sat down with CBS two weeks after the May 21 attack to tell the world her story. Robert Milgrim described Sarah as the 'perfect child,' adding that they never argued about anything. 'She loved the environment, loved mother earth. She loved people. She loved family. She loved her community,' Robert said. Sarah made several trips to Israel in her life. The first was for her bat mitzvah in Jerusalem, and she would return again while she was in college. She went back a third time after she joined Tech2Peace, a work-study program for both Israelis and Palestinians. Sarah began working for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. in November 2023 after she graduated with a master's degree in International Affairs from nearby American University. She met Lischinsky while studying at the private university, known for its focus on politically-focused degrees. 'We saw their love blossom for each other. And we knew how strong it was,' Sarah's father said. The Milgrims weren't aware Lischinsky was set to propose to Sarah until after they heard so from the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter. 'The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing next week in Jerusalem,' Leiter said shortly after the shooting. Sarah's mother also later learned from a friend that her daughter had gone ring shopping to give Lischinsky tips on what she wanted. The Milgrim family also commented on the rising tide of antisemitism in the US following the October 7 attacks. On Sunday, a man threw Molotov cocktails at peaceful pro-Israel protestors who were marching at the outdoor Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, to honor the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas. Twelve people were injured in the attack allegedly perpetrated by Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, who was arrested and charged with a federal hate crime. Milgrim's older brother, Jacob, called this type of violence senseless. 'There is nothing more important in Judaism than life and the sanctity of life — and to what end is this fighting and does it accomplish?' he said in the interview. 'Taking my sister ... it's not going to accomplish anything.' The Milgrims are now left grieving and unsure how to cope with Sarah's death. 'Right now, I'm hurt. I'm too hurt to say it's anger or frustration. I don't know what I'm going to feel later on, to be honest with you,' her father said. The Milgrim family plans to visit Israel in the fall to meet with Lischinsky's family and visit his grave.
