Bronx ‘Anti-War’ Coalition Praises Double Murder in DC as ‘Highest Expression of Anti-Zionism’
“Violence is not a bug but a feature of virulent Anti-Zionism.”
The tragic murders of Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night have shocked the nation. The young couple—who were planning to get engaged the following week—were gunned down at point-blank range in front of horrified bystanders by Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, Illinois.
Rodriguez, who has since confessed to the killings, reportedly shouted “Free, free Palestine” as he was taken into police custody. According to an FBI affidavit, when D.C. police officers arrived on the scene, Rodriguez spontaneously declared, “I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza. I am unarmed.” A witness said Rodriguez appeared to discard his weapon immediately after the shootings.
The affidavit also stated:
During an interview with MPD detectives, after having been advised of his Miranda rights and after waiving them, RODRIGUEZ expressed admiration for the actions of an individual who self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2024, as a form of protest intended to draw attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. RODRIGUEZ described this person’s actions as courageous and labeled him a ‘martyr.’
It was a despicable act—there is no grey area here. Yet that didn’t stop the ironically named Bronx Anti-War Coalition from praising Rodriguez’s depraved actions on social media, calling them the “highest expression of anti-Zionism” and adding, “We need more Elias Rodriguez in this world.”
What Elias Rodriguez did is the highest expression of anti-Zionism.
— 🇵🇸 Bronx Anti-War 🇾🇪🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇶 (@BXAntiWar) May 22, 2025
We need more Elias Rodriguez in this world
— 🇵🇸 Bronx Anti-War 🇾🇪🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇶 (@BXAntiWar) May 22, 2025
This far-left activist group describes itself on its website as “a Lënapehòkink (Bronx)-based, working-class, BIPOC-led, anti-imperialist, direct-action coalition resisting state violence while advancing decolonization.”
Its mission statement tells us all we need to know: “Through a revolutionary decolonial framework, we aim to build people’s power outside of capitalist-imperialist institutions while materially supporting national liberation for all oppressed people, including prisoners.”
The group’s positions are virtually indistinguishable from those of any other antisemitic movement. They “staunchly oppose US/EU/Western imperialism” and consider it “the primary threat to global peace and stability.”
The coalition admits, “We are not a pacifist movement and believe there can be no peace without justice.” Unsurprisingly, they support the “right to resist colonial imperialism by any means necessary, including armed struggle” and call for Israel to be abolished.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), whose congressional district includes the Bronx, condemned the group’s wretched comments and said they have been harassing him since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. Torres wrote, “Violence is not a bug but a feature of virulent Anti-Zionism.”
The Bronx Anti-War coalition, which has been targeting me since October 7th, has described the murderous targeting of Jews as “the highest expression of anti-Zionism.”
Violence is not a bug but a feature of virulent Anti-Zionism. pic.twitter.com/TzHOSgNH3n
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) May 22, 2025
The Bronx Anti-War Coalition’s remarks prove that they are not an activist group, but rather a terrorist organization. And users on X overwhelmingly called for the group to be investigated by the Department of Justice.
.@FBI .@FBIDirectorKash this is a direct incitement to violence and terrorism
— Tom🇺🇸 (@darites1de) May 22, 2025
Wooooooow and you guys have the audacity to put the words “anti” and “war” on your pro Palestinian account. Oops no sorry no I mean pro Hamas account and never pro Palestinian since you’ve basically just given Netanyahu and his cronies more ammunition to keep doing what they’re…
— Regulus_Muthias 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱 (@RegulusMuthias) May 22, 2025
Actually, what he did was cowardly murder two human being who have mothers, fathers, brothers & sisters who loved them.
He will face human justice and more importantly he will face Gods wrath (as will you for glorifying murder).
— Glen Garden (@GlenGarden1) May 22, 2025
This organization was not alone in extolling Rodriguez’s heinous act. In the video below, TikTok influencer Guy Christensen, AKA “broccoli head,” calls the killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim an act of resistance that was justified.
The antisemitic podcaster tells viewers, “I do not condemn the elimination of those two Zionist officials who worked at the Israeli embassy last night.”
“And here’s why,” he said. “Israel has livestreamed a genocide to the entire world for the last two years.”
Growing visibly more agitated as he spoke, Christensen warned viewers not to be “fooled by the media, by the Zionists in this country who are telling you it was an antisemitic terrorist attack. It was not.”
This angry young man seems to embody the dangerous ideological indoctrination that has steadily taken root within U.S. institutions over the past decade. He does not come across as smart, but rather as someone who has been fed vast amounts of propaganda for far too long.
⚠️ HORRIFYING: Notorious Keffiyeh-wearing TikTok propagandist Guy Christensen, AKA “broccoli head” 🥦, calls Elias Rodriguez killing two Jews an act of resistance that was justified.
The Jew-hater says, “I do not condemn the elimination of those two Zionist officials who worked… pic.twitter.com/E9a3spx0z8
— Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) May 23, 2025
Groups like the Bronx Anti-War Coalition and influencers like Guy Christensen—who glorify political violence and traffic in antisemitic ideology—have no place in a civilized society. If any organization or individual openly celebrated the murder of Muslims on American streets, they would rightly face swift condemnation and legal consequences. The double standard is both glaring and dangerous.
The Trump administration is right to crack down on rising antisemitism, particularly on college campuses where such extremist sentiment often takes root. That effort is not only warranted—it should be expanded. Tolerating hate in the name of activism is not tolerance at all; it’s surrender.
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Q: What do you do if you want to see more of something?
A: Lift it up. Compliment it. Extol it. Sing it’s praises!
Actually, you lower taxes on it.
These evil leftist/Dhimmi-crat pukes gleefully advocate for violence to be visited upon Jews for their possessing the temerity to advocate for the right to live unmolested in the modern resurrection of their ancient homeland (Zionism) — a homeland that pre-dates the founding of the supremacist, belligerent, totalitarian, hate-filled and pathology-laden ideology of “Submission” by millennia — but, pointedly and hypocritically, they don’t have a scintilla of opprobrium to offer regarding goose-stepping, genocidal Islamofascism/Muslim supremacism.
It’s not hypocritical. The group explicitly advocates the overthrow of capitalism and individual liberty, so naturally it opposes the existence of countries such as the USA and Israel, and supports anything that harms such countries.
Sewage like this ‘coalition’ are not Far left. Just left. They are enablers of the global intifada much like Iran is an enabler.
they are on the left side of the aisle
They are. The left is the Dem party base. No sense in us giving the Dem unwarranted separation by using ‘far’ or any other qualifier.
re-read it
agree
No, they are the far left. There are many on the left who are not that far. These people are not just saying the quiet part aloud, their Marxism is much more extreme than that of most people on their side. They’re the Khmer Rouge, as opposed, for instance, to Castro or Tito.
There need to be a reckoning
Yes. Something tells me they will bite off more than they can chew.
Time to treat them like exactly what they are. High past time. https://benjaminkerstein.substack.com/p/smash-the-free-palestine-nazis?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
The enemies of Western Civilization are making themselves easy to identify with clout chasing, performative crap like these idiots social media posts. If they weren’t on a watch list they should be. Let’s see what a basic LEO investigation can turn up on these goons.
I seem to recall many loud and endless lectures from the wokiesta leftists that once a symbol, phrase or flag was used to advance an idea, ideology that was culturally unacceptable that, despite any other qualities, history or use, it must be driven out of our society. Let’s see if these rules apply to ‘free palestine’ but somehow I don’t believe the wokiestas will be willing to drive it out publicly acceptable use. They believe they set the rules not abide by them.
Under their rules they could be driven out of society. But under our rules they can’t be. That’s what makes us right and them wrong.
Nah, I don’t seem to have communicated my point. Under the lefty wokiesta rule set the Confederate Flag = bad in the same way under their rule set as keffiyeh = bad….b/c a subsection used it while engaging in illegal and/or uncivil actions and now it is forever tainted by and associated with those actions rather than whatever other interpretation, justification, excuse, reasons for its use might be offered. Same for terrorist slogans.
The leftist wokiestas and legacy media will not even use social pressure to ostracize or shame the the use of the keffiyeh in the same way they did the Confederate Flag much less create legal impediments. They refuse to police their own using their own rule set. We are absolutely free to utilize social pressure and where there is a majority in favor to implement legal consequences such as shouting ‘free Palestine’ while committing violence creates a presumption of terrorism. Defendant can rebut the presumption with evidence in the same way someone charged with murder may provide evidence to rebut the presumption of unlawful homicide.
Social pressure is fine. But not legal pressure.
Legal accountability for illegal actions is not a problem. Some dude shouting ‘free palistine’ in the middle of the library and refusing to stop or to exit won’t be arrested for his slogan but for disturbing the peace and trespass after warning. If he refuses to allow LEO to easily take him into custody he gains resistance without violence, if he actually fights he gets resistance with violence and battery on a LEO, if he harms a LEO requiring medical care then aggravated battery. If he fails to ID upon request he gets a failure to ID and probably booked as John Doe which carries its own additional hurdles for him to be released. Bad idea in my rural Alabama County FWIW, you definitely want to be arrested under your real name not John Doe.
Ending all this unlawful protest drama is really easy given the political will. Order dispersal and that’s it. One opportunity and if compliance is refused then make the arrests of everyone present and use the level of force and crowd suppression tactics required to do so and no more/no less. Crowd decides not to be arrested? No worries pop them with CS gas, tasers and bean bag rounds until they decide discretion is the better part of valor, become docile and demonstrate willing compliance. Bring more immediate chaos and more immediate consequences than the mob and escalate as necessary to make the arrests without any emotional drama. Sort of an attitude of ‘this is gonna hurt you more than me, thank goodness, are y’all sure you won’t comply….well, alrighty then here you go. What happens next is on the non compliant.
All good, because you’d do exactly the same if they were shouting things you agreed with.
Yes indeed. One set of rules and most important one set of enforcement techniques, one set of pretrial detention standards, prosecutorial standards and sentencing standards. No mob can be allowed. The ideology or politics of.the mob is immaterial to the their lawless actions. Of course the center/right doesn’t tend to engage in any mob actions and when they do (see J6) there is a sudden surge in support for ‘law and order’ from the lefty wokiestas. Similar fear mongering about the very polite ‘tea party’ gatherings where the attendees picked up after themselves to the point the event areas were far cleaner/tidier than before the event.
TWANLOC
Subotai Bahadur
There Was A Nice Lady Of Coventry?
Not quite………
Who Didn’t Fall Far from The Oven Tree…
TWANLOC
Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen.
Thank you. Sometimes I feel like the country has left me.
…
Who had a bun in the oventry…
Ed Zachary!
TWANLOC
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and over the past four years or so, there are literally millions more here who never were our countrymen
Those who are no longer our countryman….
Had to look that one up! Yes, I agree.
I watched the Guy Christensen video where he defends the murder of these “Zionists” and basically advocates using violence against the those who oppose Hamas and other armed Palestinian terrorists.
Based on his logic those who support the state of Israel and/or oppose Islamic terrorists are then justified to use extreme violence and murder against the Hamas supporters protesting in our major cities or on our campuses.
I am pretty sure that he would not find violence against him or his ilk to be a noble act.
Yes, but only he would benefit from that logic.
You, on the other hand, would benefit solely from police logic.
That guy has somewhere between 1M and 3.5M followers depending upon who you read and who you believe. Ponder that for a moment. This wasn’t the first time he spouted off and while doing so he was infecting many many young ignorant impressionable kids (he I think is 19).
It amazing this lunatic had more than himself
Not noble – but effective.
Inflammatory statements have nothing to do with anti-Jewish violence.
(/sarc off)
Jews: arm up. Even those of you in New York or Los Angeles etc. Just do it.
It’s worth pondering that of all the charges against Bernie Goetz, the only one of which he was convicted was possession of a gun without a license.
That was a different NYC. That was a different Democrat Party. The Blue States are more Anti-Israel/Anti-Jewish as the populations shift. It’s also not a bug but a design of the Party. Jewish money is still needed but not Jewish voters.
And the civil trial with Bronx jurors – half Black, awarded one of the attackers $43 million, a debt Goetz owes to this day and was not cleared by his bankruptcy.
Even if resistance is legally justified, the civil consequences can ruin your life. If he had a wife, kids, and a house …
Which Jews do you mean? The Pro-Palestine or the Pro-Israel?
The people claiming to be Jews for “Palestine” are usually not telling the truth.
Perhaps relocation to a more hospitable and welcoming area of.the Nation should also be considered. Contrary to much public opinion the South is not a hotbed of antisemitism. Remaining in a location out of misplaced community loyalty or nostalgia when the more/less peaceful past has given way to a bigoted, sometimes violent present day environment seems like a poor decision.
b/c its a war
and of course if we keep pretending its not then we’ll never “understand” their happiness over their victories
of course we dont want war
but when someones kicking down your door
its hard to deny that they are kicking down the door
our only hope ( which of course is never a good strategy) is that the maga agenda not only stays strong but lasts longer than the roman empires
was the murderer trying to impress dad and the dnc??
(breitb)
In a statement to the New York Post on Thursday, a spokesperson for Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) said, “Eric Rodriguez was our guest during the President’s Joint Speech to Congress,” but noted the office was not acquainted with the man’s family.
so the next thought is
since the death call for israel is ..free palestine/plo from the river to the sea etc
and we know that the keyiffey is like a swastika
the hijab a symbol ( the left ignores) of female oppression
will these symbols of blmplo ( raised fist..call for violence against whites) be outlawed
like the ok symbol the pepe the from etc were “outlawed” by lefty and a show of that was considered an open opportunity to punish the user of the ok symbol
or the “dreaded” maga hat …any red hat or piece of clothing ?????
Symbols cannot be outlawed. Not in the USA.
And no, the OK sign was never outlawed, and no one ever got into any legal trouble for using it.
I attended a lecture by Simon Wiesenthal a long time ago. One thing that he mentioned was that the Nazis murdered over 11 million, with the Jews as primary target…but with plans for the Slavs to follow. He was concerned that NOT including all of those murdered would eventually work against what happened. So I bring you this:
“Solly Kane, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, posted a letter on the group’s website.
“While news reports have focused on the fact that they were Israeli embassy staff, to be clear: two people—one of them an American Jew from Kansas—were killed after attending a Jewish community event, outside a Jewish museum, in 2025, in the United States. For many in the Jewish community, this is an actualization of our worst fears for Jewish safety coming true.”
The other… “non-Jew”…. worked for the embassy and was going to marry that “one of them”. At a time when we are all in this together, ostracizing allies is just what Wiesenthal was concerned about…. going it alone will leave one alone in the long run.
The same thing occurred when groups like the ADL refused to recognize the Armenian genocide. It is as if they believe that would diminish the holocaust by recognizing that other genocides have occurred.
I read that the “non-Jew” was actually a Messianic Jew (one who accepts Jesus as the Messiah). Whatever internal arguments might be, the young man was from a Jewish family and brought up Jewish. He would have been tossed in the ovens just like every other Jew.
He was not Jewish. His father was, his mother was not. He was an Israeli born (some reports say German born) evangelical Christian.
According to Jewish law, he was not Jewish, having been born to a non-Jewish mother. But yes, his having had a Jewish father would have made him Jewish enough for the Nazis.
What I will never understand is why some well-meaning but Jewishly ignorant Jews would allow our enemies to define us by abandoning the Jewish criterion & replacing it with one that came from the Nazis.
“Messianic Jew” is another word for “Christian”. Some Christians happen to be Jewish by birth, but most are not. Some Christians who call themselves “Messianic Jews” happen to be Jewish by birth, but most are not. The fact is that this fellow happened not to be Jewish, and the Nazis don’t get a vote in the matter. Many gentiles ended up in the ovens; that did not make them Jews.
‘One of them?’ He had bought a ring and was planning to propose to the other victim.
It’s my drum and I will beat it again. No matter what they call themselves, under the skin, they are all Muslims.
Are Leftists drawn to Islam by its totalitarian bent?
No, they are not. Marxists are not Moslems, they are atheists. They do not support Islam, and if they ever take power they will suppress Islam just as they will all other religions. And if the Moslems take over they will do the same to the Marxists. These are only temporary allies, like the USA and USSR in WW2.
Was Stalin secretly Muslim too?
“If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.”
THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD, TRACTATE SANHEDRIN, PORTION 72, VERSE 1
Jew hatred is growing the US, particularly in Universities. According to Paul Johnson, in his book “Modern Times,” antisemitism broke out early in German universities. Is history repeating? What should American Jews do in the face of rising Jew hatred? (1) Move to Israel; (2) Arm themselves, even in states like New York and California who are openly defiant of the of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen decision in 2022; (3) Hunker down and hope for the best. I think most American Jews will choose (3). Many American Jews, particularly secular and Reform, hate guns, and enthusiastically support gun control. I know NYC Jews who won’t even carry pepper spray, and will engage in the most twisted logic to justify their refusal to carry even the most minimal protection. They are telling the Jew haters, “we won’t fight back.” Joachim Prinz, (Berlin Rabbi in the 1930s) declared early on: “Jews are political idiots… They are too optimistic, too hopeful. They do not understand and enemy.” The Nazi government expelled Prinz from Germany in 1937 as he was an anti-Nazi activist. He then came to the US.
At this point I choose option (2) and realize I might have to choose option (1) if Jew hatred in the US continues to grow. Note also that most secular and Reform Jews hate Trump who is Israel’s best friend amond current heads of state in the world, showing how astute Prinz was.
I am not Jewish and so don’t understand the leftist, anti-Israel spirit in parts of the Jewish community, although I know the old joke, 3 Jews, 4 arguments, which may be an understatement. I live in a very blue area. I have never made a secret of my conservative attitude and fervent Trump support. (Although most do.). One lady I know, who attends a Reform Temple, and considers herself the head of her family, has truly struggled with the growing antisemitism. She only noticed this a few years ago. Apparently, it has seeped through to our very liberal, union loving, school system, so that her grandchildren are running into it. But she thinks the right is responsible! I kid you not. So do my other “blue” friends. It’s all Trump’s fault! I suspect that some of this is due to conflicts with Orthodox Judaism. (As you know, Trump’s daughter married an Orthodox Jew and converted.). When I bring up the Abraham Accords, I swear she blanks out, as do the other “blues”. Given this total inability to identify the cause of their problems, they are certainly going to be unable to cope. My acquaintance has handed over leadership of the family over to her eldest son, because she finds the whole thing too much for her.
It is difficult to have much respect for people who can be so totally wrong, who place ideals above what they are seeing with their own eyes. Reality is unknown territory in some people’s minds.
If you really want to know what happened to the Reform and Conservative movements, read this book.
Theologically “Reform Judaism” is a religion completely alien to Judaism; it has less in common with actual Judaism than most forms of Christianity do. Certainly less than Islam does. And by now the majority of its members — and even the majority of its rabbis — are not actually Jews at all.
Conservative is a lot closer in principle, but still alien. For a fascinating look at the Conservative religion, as explained by a Conservative, read this book (Note that the name “Conservative” in this context has nothing to do with conservative politics.)
I will read the book on Reform Judism, which I believe started in Cincinnati. This acquaibntance and her family look very Jewish in my eyes. They go to Temple, observe the holidays, and wear Star of Davids. They are in no way trying to hide.
A film should be created for him to watch in his prison cell, with Gaza bombed out of existence. Let him watch it and believe it, then march him to the electric chair.
It is time for Jews to arm themselves. The vicious antisemites will only become more violent. If they suspect Jews are able to protect themselves and may be carrying firearms, they may think twice. As the Jewish bible says an eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth, a dead antisemite for a murdered Jew
No, they’re not. As far as anyone knows, they have not engaged in any act of terrorism, therefore they are not a terrorist organization. They have every right in the world to advocate terrorism, and doing so does not make them terrorists.
“Users on X” call for all kinds of stupid and illegal things. These particular users are enemies of the US constitution, which in some ways makes them just as bad as the group they’re condemning. Both seek to overthrow the bill of rights, which is the only thing that justifies the USA’s existence.
No, it is not incitement. It is protected speech. Incitement is a very narrowly-defined exception to the freedom of speech, and that exception is only constitutional because it’s so narrowly defined. If you were to expand it any further you would merely make it invalid.
That is absolutely not true. They would face condemnation, but there would be no legal consequences. There couldn’t be. Any such “consequences” would themselves be illegal. Which is as it should be. This is America, where Nazis and Klansmen and Marxists and all kinds of other evil people have the right to march in the streets and proclaim their doctrines to the world, and that is precisely what makes it great.
‘..right to march in the street’….with a valid parade permit they do. A mob of folks without a permit and the coordination with local officials to reroute traffic, put up barriers, get LEO and Fire on standby is not legally protected. That unlawful mob is infringing upon the rights of every else when they refuse to get a permit and no the local officials can’t simply deny the permit, the application submitted in good faith should be granted in good faith assuming the date, time, length of route, duration of permit and other factors are usual/customary. A permit submission for afternoon or morning rush hour(s) during work week or a route that creates a bottleneck or is otherwise untenable isn’t offered in good faith. Getting a permit isn’t an infringement b/c it ensures the assembly is conducted ‘peaceably’.
Exactly.
Or they can march on the sidewalk at any time, without a permit, so long as they keep walking.
God Milhouse, you went full retard
No, you’ve gone full anti-American, just like these people. The Bill of Rights is what makes America America.
Other sources said he fired 21 shots? He re-loaded to keep pumping bullets into their bodies?
And nobody tried to stop him
DC has made it incredibly difficult and expensive to obtain a concealed carry permit and so the vast majority of the law abiding residents go unarmed. It would be a very unusual person to attempt to stop an armed criminal without a weapon of their own. I avoid DC and the rest of the states which restrict concealed carry despite that I could carry concealed under LEOSA. If I ever had to use a weapon in self defense, I am sure that the local DAs would figure out some way to charge me with something. As they say, the prosecution is the punishment even if you win in court.
The article seems to excuse Guy Christensen on the basis that he is not very smart and has been fed huge amounts of propaganda. I utterly reject any such excuse. He is an adult celebrating murder, and doing so in a very emotional manner. He really, really means it. I could only listen to a few minutes, but that is a young man on his way to hell. And he’s trying hard to drag as many as he can with him.
He is a prime example of why putting hot emotions ahead of cold thinking leads to such drastic evil. It’s a shame this guy doesn’t trip down the stairs some day.
(Please note that was a targeted complaint, not a general one.)
I find myself with an urge to steam a head of broccoli. Fortunately I have self control.
Leftists starting terrorism to start a war
Praising an act of terrorism is support for a terrorist organization and illegal.