Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have beaten to death a United States citizen in his early 20s, the victim’s family members and rights groups have said.

“We are aware of reports of the death of a US citizen in the West Bank,” Reuters reported a State Department spokesperson as saying. The official declined to comment further “out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones” of the reported victim.

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    That’s it? “We’re aware”? We do a prisoner swap with Russia and release a notorious arms smuggler, just to get back a weed smuggling basketball player. But when our “good buddy” Israel literally murders one of our citizens, we’re just “aware”?

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      Anyone up for starting a petition for an A-List celebrity to stand in Gaza breadlines? Netanyahu might not be eager to kill them at least not right away so maybe a handful of kids could be saved

      (superwhite American, US-born to US-born parents, to marginally increase MAGA difficulty in aftermath interviews)

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    The official declined to comment further “out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones” of the reported victim.

    The Trump administration doing something out of respect? 🤣

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      Lebensraum

      Wasn’t aware of this expression before, thank you for the new burn. “Casual enjoyer of other people’s territory, as though it had simply been their own backyard the whole time, left waiting for their return.”

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          Its use as an insult to mock those to whom it applies, is what makes it a burn. I’m already well aware of what it is, but had never seen or heard anyone apply a specific name to it. It’s mine now, and I’m going to use it to insult land thieves wherever and whomever they are.