NPR reports that "Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank." Per the article:
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat a U.S. citizen to death, according to local officials, during a Friday confrontation between a group of Israelis and Palestinians.
A municipal official and a relative of 21-year-old Sayfollah Musallet confirmed his death to NPR. Musallet was born in Florida and was in the village of Sinjil this week visiting family.
The Israeli military said that a confrontation had broken out between Palestinians and Israelis, and officials were investigating reports of a Palestinian civilian killed.
A U.S. embassy spokesperson confirmed Musallet's death.
Israeli officials rarely prosecute those accused of violence against Palestinians, and when they do, a very small percentage end in conviction.
To make matters worse, NBC reports that "[a]ccording to the family, a group of settlers blocked an ambulance from reaching Musallet for about three hours." NBC also relates that "[a] second man, Mohammed al-Shalabi, 23, was also killed in the same incident, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs." If the statistics in the latter article are to be believed, the Israeli authorities are even worse than Chicago police in tracking down murderers of Palestinians.
"American citizen." Dual, no doubt, which shouldn't count.
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