Top White House and Justice officials tied the brazen shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers to ongoing campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

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.

The article, titled "For U.S. Jews, D.C. Museum Killings Deepen Resolve – and Fear," was published by the paper Friday.

The FBI says the murder of a Jewish couple in Washington, D.C., was an act of targeted antisemitic violence. The suspect in the double murder was heard shouting "Free Palestine" as he was being handcuffed.

From the killing of two Jewish diplomats this week to hundreds of acts of hate in public spaces throughout the DMV.

The federation is one of several Jewish institutions that said on Friday they were fundraising to bolster security. Local and federal grants, especially a nonprofit security grant program administered through the Federal Emergency Management Administration, are a "tremendous" help to offset the costs of security improvements, according to Preuss.

The White House condemned the killing of two Israeli diplomats in Washington, DC, calling it a brutal act of anti-Semitism. President Trump vowed justice, and security has been heightened nationwide as the suspect remains in custody.

"There are so many moments where legitimate criticism of Israel and its conduct has crossed the line into antisemitism."

Journalist and author Batya Ungar-Sargon discusses President Donald Trump’s actions to combat antisemitism after two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed in Washington, D.C.