Two staff members at the Israeli embassy in Washington are shot dead near a Jewish museum.

The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the deaths in an X post, saying, “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, “chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody,” she added.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
    131·
    1 day ago

    civilian /sĭ-vĭl′yən/

    noun

    A person who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group in a conflict.

    A person who is not an employee of the government.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
        9·
        13 hours ago

        International law is a myth that imperialsists use to murder indigenous resistance fighters, it’s not a real legal regime that actually applies universally.

        There is no legal definition because there is no law, I think that’s pretty clear at this point.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
        111·
        1 day ago

        It is according to DuckDuckGo

        But the definition changes based on who you ask. What is more relevant is whether they are part of a beligirent force akin to ISIS but worse.

        • nun@lemm.ee
          17·
          1 day ago

          This is a dictionary definition. Non-combatant ISIS members are also civilians. Whether they deserve to die or not has no legal bearing. Im unsure why that is considered controversial.

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
            9·
            24 hours ago

            Because this is a “rule” which is never applied to any signature to the Geneva Convention. It is solely brought up to virtue signal in favor of the empire.

            These days Israel is publicly bombing Hamas government officials for the crime of being in their finance ministry and nobody bats an eye. They are bombing journalists inside of hospitals for doing journalism and it is a-ok.

            This is what my username is a reference to.