Slain embassy staffer wanted to become diplomat: Professor

  • The two staffers were going to be engaged
  • Lischinsky's professor described him as idealistic
  • Lischinsky wanted to be a diplomat

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(NewsNation) — Two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were shot and killed in Washington, D.C.

Professor Nissim Otmazgin, who taught Lischinsky, joined NewsNation to talk about the impact of the shooting and Lischinsky’s life.

“Yaron was an outstanding student and a wonderful personality. This is what makes it even more and more difficult. His dream was to become a diplomat,” Otmazgin said.

He described Lischinsky as a smart and idealistic student who spoke four different languages and believed that coming from a culturally diverse background would make him a better diplomat.

“He thought that religion is something that we should use to build bridges towards our neighbors,” Otmazgin said.

Lishinsky and Milgrim were attending a humanitarian event to raise money for aid to Gaza. There are also reports the shooter yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack.

Otmazgin told NewsNation there is a need for hostages to be released and trust needs to be rebuilt in the Middle East. He also said more attention should be paid to antisemitism to prevent other attacks.

“The discourse in Israel, at least, is that we should actually pay more attention to antisemitism,” he said. “We should pay attention to more radical discourse that we hear from time to time.”

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