Is concern for Palestinians becoming a bipartisian issue? Florida Republican Matt Gaetz speaks out about recent events in the occupied West Bank.
Matt Gaetz: How many Americans have to die by Israeli settlers before we care?
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American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank
20-year-old American from Florida, Sayfollah Musallet, was killed while visiting relatives in the occupied West Bank. A second man, Mohammed al-Shalabi, 23, was also killed. Israeli forces have killed at least nine US citizens since 2022. None have resulted in criminal charges.
Palestinian Oscar winner severely beaten by Israeli settlers
Palestinian film director and Academy Award-winner Hamdan Ballal was violently attacked by what his colleague described as a “lynch mob” of Israeli settlers. He was then arrested by Israeli soldiers.
Settlers Occupied a Palestinian House in Hebron
Settlers entered a Palestinian family’s home in the early evening claiming that they had purchased it. The Palestinian family went out for an Iftar meal and when they returned, they found that settlers had entered the house, and soldiers prevented the family from entering.
Israeli settlers destroy truckloads of aid, as Israeli forces watch, Gazans starve – Day 220
Humanitarian aid trucks attacked (not for the first time); US is angry but impotent (not for the first time); Israel targets aid worker’s car, has no explanation (not for the first time); 450,000 Gazans evacuated from shelters (not for the first time); incitement by Israeli settlers, ministers; US military officer resigns; DNC afraid to hold debate about Gaza; campus protest update; more
‘Nowhere is safe’: Fear and mourning inside the West Bank villages where Israeli settlers went on the rampage
It’s a decades-old power imbalance: When a teenage Israeli was killed (after Israeli soldiers had killed a Palestinian shepherd), decades-old settler violence reached new levels
State-backed deadly rampage by Israeli settlers underscores urgent need to dismantle apartheid
Amnesty International: An alarming spike in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the West Bank highlights the urgent need to dismantle illegal settlements, end Israel’s occupation and its longstanding system of apartheid.
News roundup: Palestinians & Israelis killed, Israeli jeep rams child, settlers rampage
Latest news from IMEMC, WAFA, Aljazeera on latest escalation
Israeli settlers rampage as killings continue
In 2 months, Israelis have killed at least 64 Palestinians (one last night); Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis (2 yesterday). On Sunday night gangs of Israeli settlers invaded the Palestinian town of Huwara and nearby villages, burning homes, destroying cars, and attacking residents…
Israeli military, settlers are breaking records in violence toward Palestinians
In 2022, Israeli soldiers and settlers are responsible for the highest monthly average of Palestinians killed since the UN started counting fatalities in 2005; October also saw Israeli soldiers/settlers carry out almost 1,200 attacks against Palestinians.