Ahmed Asmar
22 May 2025•Update: 23 May 2025
ANKARA
Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government ministers on Thursday for the killing of two embassy staffers in Washington.
In a statement, Golan, head of the Democrats Party, said the discourse of the Israeli government ministers enabled the incident.
Netanyahu's government "is the one that fuels antisemitism and hatred of Israel, and the result is unprecedented diplomatic isolation and danger to every Jew at every point on the globe," he said.
The opposition leader vowed to replace the government and "restore security to all Jews, in Israel and anywhere around the world."
Netanyahu, for his part, claimed that the incident was "a price of antisemitism and the wild incitement against Israel."
He said that security will be raised at Israeli embassies around the world.
A gunman opened fire near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., Wednesday night, killing two Israeli embassy staff members.
Upon his arrest, the gunman shouted "Free Palestine," according to a video that went viral on social media.
US President Donald Trump condemned the incident, calling it an act of antisemitic violence.
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 53,700 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
