The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act,

Identifying who will go from anger to violence is like "trying to find which piece of hay is going to become a needle," one expert said.

Christensen joined a growing collection of voices openly supporting the attack. He may be the one with the largest audience.

A man, standing behind police tape, talks on his cell phone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed in the shooting. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian media praises the murder of Israeli embassy staff in D.C. as the Trump administration weighs a nuclear deal with Iran, highlighting tensions and U.S. concerns.

A prominent Palestinian author and activist callously ripped the two victims of the DC Jewish Museum shooting as “genocide cheerleaders” in a series of hateful tweets — saying she was shocked the bloodshed hadn’t “happened sooner.”

A false flag refers to an incident intentionally orchestrated to appear as if another group was responsible, in order to shift the blame onto them.