When Jerusalem resident Ziv Halsband woke up to news that two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington had been shot dead, the software developer came to a disturbing conclusion: Jews were not safe anywhere.

“We hope that [US President Donald] Trump will continue to help us and protect us all, especially in the States. And we want to be sure that we can go all over the world with confidence,” said Halsband, a tank officer during the Gaza war who was seriously wounded.

The Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum about 1.3 miles (2 kilometers) from the White House.

The single suspect, identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, chanted “Free Palestine” after being taken into custody, according to documents filed Thursday charging him with first-degree........

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