The father of one of the slain Israeli Embassy staffers broke his silence about his daughter's death, noting the irony of the relentless work she'd done to find peace between Israelis and Palestinians before being killed by the alleged suspect, who shouted "free, free Palestine" during his arrest.

The two Embassy staffers, Sarah Milgrim and her boyfriend Yaron Lischinsky, were shot and killed outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. The alleged suspect, Elias Rodriguez, reportedly is a member of the "Party for Socialism and Liberation" in Chicago. When police arrived to arrest him, witnesses said he chanted "free, free Palestine."

Robert Milgrim blasted Rodriguez's alleged antisemitic motives in the assassination of his daughter and her soon-to-be groom, as our sister site Townhall noted:

The father of the bride-to-be who was killed along with her boyfriend near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, said his daughter was working to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace and more aid to Gaza before being gunned down by a suspect who later yelled "Free, free Palestine." 

Robert Milgrim, 73, slammed suspect Elias Rodriguez's alleged motives as blatantly antisemitic and of no help to Gaza, given that his daughter, Sarah Milgrim, 26, was dedicated to helping Palestinians. 

"Last night, she was attending an affair to figure out how to get more aid into Gaza," Milgrim told The Post. "The night she was killed, she was trying to help the situation – that's the irony." 

Police are probing whether Rodriguez blasted out an anti-Israel manifesto online leading up to the murder of Sarah and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, 28. 

Milgrim said his daughter was passionate about her work with the embassy and had spent several summers in Israel working with "peacebuilding groups" to help unite Palestinians and Israelis. 

Her father said the family was still reeling from the tragedy, especially after learning Lischinsky had planned to propose to his daughter next week, the New York Post noted.

"We didn't even know about it. She was leaving on Sunday to Israel to meet his family. They were going together," Milgrim said. "She was happier now than she ever was in her life. She was truly in love with Yaron and vice versa."

On LinkedIn, Milgrim wrote, "My passion lies at the intersection of peacebuilding, religious engagement, and environmental work."

DC Jewish Museum suspected terrorist Elias Rodriguez fired nearly 2 dozen shots as gunned-down victim tried to crawl away: affidavit, sources https://t.co/N7JVteANY5 pic.twitter.com/LtprIB6Yyh

— New York Post (@nypost) May 22, 2025

The assassination of the young couple follows a series of anti-Semitic attacks around the world following the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on Israelis on October 7, 2023.

Commentators have blasted those on the left and members of legacy media for allowing "antisemitism" to flourish following the murder, RedState reported.

While it is true that the attack on the Jewish couple is being condemned by many on both sides of the political aisle, more than a handful have pointed out that this is a problem of the left's refusal to admit the hatred towards Jews that we have seen on public universities and the media's not calling it out over the last few years.