American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank

[Jilly_in_VA]

A 20-year-old American from Florida was beaten to death by Israeli settlers on Friday while visiting relatives in the occupied West Bank, according to his family and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sayfollah Musallet, known as Saif, was “brutally beaten to death” in the town of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, north of Ramallah, the family said in a statement on social media and confirmed to NBC News. According to the family, a group of settlers blocked an ambulance from reaching Musallet for about three hours.

After the settlers cleared, Musallet’s brother was able to reach him and carry him to the ambulance, according to the statement. However, “Saif died before reaching the hospital.”

A second man, Mohammed al-Shalabi, 23, was also killed in the same incident, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/american-killed-west-bank-israel-settlers-violence-rcna218408

What lovely people. And the orange slime will do nothing, of course, since this AMERICAN CITIZEN was Muslim.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. TACO Don cares only for himself.

It is BAD when one has to pay his own wife to appear with him in public as if it improves his image.

[David__77]

2. I'm afraid there is a long track record of little action when Americans are killed by Israeli forces.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Let alone American MUSLIMS

I'm sorry, but I have lost respect for Israelis in general, and the "settlers" on the West Bank in particular. Thos people are nothing more than a bunch of self-righteous gangsters.

[Mossfern]

7. West Bank settlers

are NOT Israeli forces.

[David__77]

15. In the US, Klansmen were not officially state forces.

They operated in coordination with and under the protection of official state forces.

[Prairie Gates]

3. They are not "settlers." They are a paramilitary death squad

These guys were beaten to death by a paramilitary death squad.

[CanonRay]

5. To the MAGAts he's not "really" an American

so it doesn't count.

[intheflow]

6. Careful.

Posting that the Israeli government did anything bad makes you antisemitic. At least, that's according to some folks on here.

[Mossfern]

8. Again

West Bank settlers are NOT the Israeli government.

[intheflow]

9. They're backed and supported by the Israeli government.

They don't exist in some vacuum apart from Netanyahu's policies. They are literally implementing them.

[Mossfern]

10. Link?

Citation?
I'll look it up for you if you can't substantiate your claim.

ETA
There are 127 settlements in the West Bank that have legal statusunder Israeli law.

Legal settlements must be built on state land, have building permits from the government, and be established by a government resolution. Settlements that do not meet those criteria are West Bank outposts, which are illegal under Israeli law. Most of the world also considers settlements to be illegal under international law.

According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 451,700 Jews living in West Bank settlements as of the year 2020. Between 20,000 and 30,000 more live in illegal West Bank outposts. All settlements are located in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank controlled by Israel. Given that Israel has not annexed the West Bank, Jewish settlements in the territory are not considered by Israel to be under its sovereignty. Emergency regulations renewed every five years extend Israeli criminal and some civil law to Israeli citizens in the West Bank.

Today, one-third of settlers are Haredim, one-third are secular, and the remaining third are religious Zionists.

This is an interesting site.
I'm going back to read more in order to see what their bias is.
https://israelpolicyforum.org/west-bank-settlements-explained/#why-are-west-bank-settlements-a-problem

Just to be clear, I have always been against the settler movement - I consider it evil. I am not well informed as to how much the Israeli government is supporting them and the opinion of the citizens of Israel proper.

I do wonder about the secular settlements and their relationship to the Palestinians living the the West Bank and how it compares to the Haredi settlements.

[intheflow]

13. From the Israel Policy Forum:

There are 127 settlements in the West Bank that have legal status
under Israeli law.

Legal settlements must be built on state land, have building permits from the government, and be established by a government resolution. Settlements that do not meet those criteria are West Bank outposts, which are illegal under Israeli law. Most of the world also considers settlements to be illegal under international law.

How are they not supported by the Israeli government, as the government must issue building permits? The UN says the settlements are illegal.

[Mossfern]

14. Ha!

I just edited my post to include that site and comments.

[malaise]

12. They are backed and supported by the complicit West including

This man’s home country.

[malaise]

11. For land theft by Jewish settlers

SSDD!

[Jilly_in_VA]

16. Manifest destiny

Israeli style. Because their bible says so! Too selfish to share the land! Does this remind you of anyone?

[malaise]

17. Amazing how all the land thieves hide behind some imaginary

deity.