Palestinian American Killed by Israeli Settlers on Family Land; Cousin Demands Accountability

Killing of Palestinian American

• 🇺🇸 A 20-year-old Palestinian American, Saifullah Musallet, was beaten to death in the West Bank by Israeli settlers.
• 💔 He was visiting the West Bank for a family trip and was killed while protecting his family's land.
• 🚑 Relatives claim settlers and Israeli soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the victims for approximately three hours.
• 🎯 Another Palestinian, Mohammed, was killed in the same attack and found shot in the chest.

Escalating Settler Violence

• 📈 The U.N. reports that more Palestinians were injured in settler attacks last month than in any month over the past two decades.
• 📈 Over 700 settler attacks on Palestinians or their properties have occurred this year, a nearly 15% increase from the same period last year.
• 🚧 Israeli forces have erected a barbed wire fence around the town, reportedly cutting locals off from their lands and livelihoods.

U.S. Response and Demands for Accountability

• 🗣️ The U.S. is demanding accountability for the killing, with the U.S. Ambassador to Israel calling it a "criminal and terrorist act."
• ⚖️ Since the war in Gaza began, five Americans have been killed in the West Bank, with no prosecutions in any of these cases.
• 📉 The cousin of the victim expressed skepticism about the investigation, noting that only about 3% of settler attacks result in prosecutions.
• 📢 Americans are urged to demand an investigation and support the call for justice, especially given the circumstances of the unarmed victim being on his own land.