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Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in Washington (www.presstv.ir)

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The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the deaths in an X post, saying, “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, "chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody," she added.

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How involved does one need to be to be complicit?

We can probably agree that the local embassy security staff didn't have a hand in these atrocities, but do the intelligence officers staffed there? The schmoozers working to ensure unwavering US support? The ambassador himself?

Keeping in mind everyone's interpretation of complicity is different, I agree this probably wasn't the best move available, but I won't criticize it further than that.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone in a government position has served in the IGF. One of these dudes was on Twitter shit talking the ICC, claiming aid was being stolen by Hamas (and not Israel) and was shot at a conference regarding the aid blockade.

They absolutely were involved in the atrocities, it's just a matter of degree.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Yes? You made my point more clearly than I did, but they were the same point.