Jewish couple murdered in Washington DC
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
A young Jewish couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy have been shot dead leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington DC. The gunman was arrested at the scene. We hear the latest from DC, plus reaction from Israel.
Also in the programme: the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a mammoth piece of legislation to deliver President Trump's domestic agenda; and Germany stations a military brigade abroad for the first time since World War Two.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsAv from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Menendez. |
| 0:09.9 | And we're going to begin today in Washington, D.C. in the aftermath of that shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum. |
| 0:16.3 | Two people are dead, Jaron Lyshinsky and Sarah Milgram, a couple who both worked at Israel's embassy in the city. |
| 0:23.8 | They were shot as they left an event at the museum by a man who'd been seen pacing up and down outside. |
| 0:29.9 | Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yerkeh Alita spoke about the victims at a news conference last night. |
| 0:35.4 | The couple that was gunned down tonight in the name of Free Palestine, |
| 0:41.8 | it's a young couple about to be engaged. |
| 0:44.7 | The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend |
| 0:50.8 | next week in Jerusalem. |
| 0:52.3 | They were a beautiful couple who came to enjoy an evening |
| 0:55.5 | in Washington's cultural center. The suspected gunman was detained at the scene and he's been named |
| 1:02.0 | by police as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, filmed by a bystand he was seen shouting |
| 1:09.3 | free Palestine as he was taken into custody. |
| 1:12.5 | Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sarr, says the shooting is a result of what he |
| 1:16.4 | calls a toxic anti-Semitic incitement in the wake of the Hamas attacks of October the 7th |
| 1:23.0 | and the war that ensued. |
| 1:25.1 | Geron and Sarah were murdered at the Jewish conference of the AJC. |
| 1:31.0 | This is the direct result of toxic, anti-Semitic incitement against Israel and Jews around the world |
| 1:40.2 | that has been going on since the October 7th massacre. |
| 1:44.8 | Recently, we have witnessed an unprecedented wave of terror attacks and attempts against |
| 1:51.9 | Israeli missions around the world that has crossed all red lines. |
| 1:58.7 | Well, I've been speaking to someone who was at the Capitol Jewish Museum last night. |
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