Concern for the rights and welfare of these Israel-haters will be voiced, especially by left-wing Jewish groups. They are legitimizing those who believe that any and all tactics—“by any means necessary”—are justified in fighting and killing Israelis and Jews. and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), when they condemned the murder but still rationalized the political positions that led to it. As I noted at the time, this wasn’t the first time in American history that policy debates morphed into political violence. Regardless of the mental state of the D.C. shooter or the denials of responsibility of anti-Israel groups, violence against Israelis and Jews was always the inevitable next step.