"My deepest sentiments of closeness and affection to my sisters and brothers in the Jewish community suffering in the wake of the violence we have just witnessed on an Israeli couple in Washington, D.C. The brutality of the attack on these young people - blind-sighted and gunned down on a sidewalk just because they were Jewish - displays the horror of antisemitism, which all must condemn in the strongest terms. My prayers and support for all people of good will seeking a just peace and fostering an end to the heart-rending hostilities in the Gaza Strip."