Israeli settlers beat to death US citizen in West Bank, family says

Rights advocates telephone connected the Trump medication to guarantee accountability for the sidesplitting of Sayfollah Musallet.

Israeli settlers person beaten to decease a United States national successful the occupied West Bank, the victim’s household members and rights groups person said.

Settlers attacked and killed Sayfollah Musallet – who was successful his aboriginal 20s – successful the municipality of Sinjil, northbound of Ramallah, connected Friday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Musallet, besides known arsenic Saif al-Din Musalat, had travelled from his location successful Florida to sojourn household successful Palestine, his relative Fatmah Muhammad said successful a societal media post.

Another Palestinian, identified by the Health Ministry arsenic Mohammed Shalabi, was fatally changeable by settlers during the attack.

Rights advocates person documented repeated instances wherever Israeli settlers successful the West Bank ransack Palestinian neighbourhoods and towns, burning homes and vehicles successful attacks sometimes described arsenic pogroms.

The Israeli subject often protects the settlers during their rampages and has changeable Palestinians who amusement immoderate resistance.

The United Nations and different salient quality rights organisations see the Israeli settlements successful the West Bank violations of planetary law, arsenic portion of a broader strategy to displace Palestinians.

While immoderate Western countries similar France and Australia person imposed sanctions connected convulsive settlers, attacks person accrued since the outbreak of Israel’s warfare successful Gaza successful October 2023.

When Donald Trump took bureau earlier this year, his medication revoked sanctions connected settlers imposed by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Israeli forces person killed astatine slightest 9 US citizens since 2022, including seasoned Al Jazeera newsman Shireen Abu Akleh.

But nary of the incidents person resulted successful transgression charges.

The US provides billions of dollars to Israel each year. Advocates person accused successive US administrations of failing to support American citizens from Israeli unit successful the Middle East.

On Friday, the Council connected American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called connected Washington to guarantee accountability for the sidesplitting of Musallet.

“Every different execution of an American national has gone unpunished by the American government, which is wherefore the Israeli authorities keeps wantonly sidesplitting American Palestinians and, of course, different Palestinians,” CAIR lawman manager Edward Ahmed Mitchell said successful a statement.

He past pointed retired that Trump has repeatedly promised to prioritise American interests, arsenic typified by his run slogan “America First”.

“If President Trump volition not adjacent enactment America archetypal erstwhile Israel murders American citizens, past this is genuinely an Israel First administration,” Mitchell said.

The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) besides called for enactment from the US administration, noting that settlers are “lynching Palestinians much often – with afloat enactment from Israel’s service and government”.

“The US authorities has a ineligible and motivation work to halt Israel’s racist unit against Palestinians. Instead, it’s inactive backing and backing it,” the radical said successful a statement.

The US Department of State did not respond to Al Jazeera’s petition for remark astir the sidesplitting of Musallet.

The Palestinian radical Hamas condemned the execution of Musallet, describing it arsenic “barbaric”, and called connected Palestinians crossed the West Bank to emergence up to “confront the settlers and their violent attacks”.

Israel said it was “investigating” what happened successful Sinjil, claiming that the unit started erstwhile Palestinians threw rocks astatine an Israeli vehicle.

“Shortly thereafter, convulsive clashes developed successful the country betwixt Palestinians and Israeli civilians, which included the demolition of Palestinian property, arson, carnal confrontations, and stone-throwing,” the Israeli subject said successful a statement.

Israeli investigations often pb to nary charges oregon meaningful accountability for the abuses of Israeli officers and settlers.

As settler and subject unit intensifies successful the West Bank, Israel has killed astatine slightest  57,762 Palestinians successful Gaza successful a run that rights groups person described as a genocide.