28 May 2025, 09:58

By Maurice Helfgott

The first thing I saw when I checked my phone on Thursday morning was a news alert that two workers at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, had been shot and killed, leaving an event at the Jewish Museum.

I felt the colour immediately drain from my face. Two young, beautiful souls – Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim – murdered in cold blood for being Jewish. My heart is with their families.

IsraAID, an international humanitarian organisation with which we work closely, was a co-organiser of the event aimed at bringing aid to Gaza through Israeli, Palestinian, and regional collaboration.

Exactly the kind of event that my charity would be involved in. That we encourage our children to participate in. That represents our values.

Yet the killer chose the shout ‘Free, Free Palestine’ as he was taken into custody.  Over the past 18 months, we have heard cries of ‘Globalise the Intifada’ on our streets and social media.  This is what it really means, and this is why........

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