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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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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not an American, A Palestinian American. The Magazis don't give a shit.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

An American was murdered under Biden too. No consequences because Zionism is bipartisan.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (69 children)

You say that like MAGA are the only ones that don't care about Israel killing Americans. Were you even aware that it happened under Biden?

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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago

Don't worry. Rachel Corrie was white and they killed her with the US' knowledge too. US conservatives don't even know she existed, liberals barely either.

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why the fuck are my tax dollars being sent to these assholes again?

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a good question, it makes me similarly think 'What happens to the social contract when a nation & government no longer provide security to it's own citizens?'

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's what happened in Russia, the Tsar responded to the old and well established act of a priest delivering a letter to the Tsar to ask for aid during hardships by ordering his Calvary soldiers to open fire on the priest and crowd. It was literally an act of submission to the Tsar. At that point, people stopped seeing the whole divine right of kings concept as holding water.

[–] edel@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It is a trend started that started a decade ago (ironically with Obama!) but the transition is now complete; Americans with a skin color, let alone if naturalized, are not considered "actual American" therefore no longer news worthy. At least, they still give a conditional pass to those darker skins conforming with the ideology of the presidency that happens to be ruling at the time.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This did not start with Obama. It's always been here but ramped up again because Obama got the presidency.

[–] edel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Good point!

[–] Aristotelis@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

The racists don't give a shit. What a waste of oxygen they are.

[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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[–] edel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

For once I believe on that “out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones”, because the BS the State Department spokesperson would have said instead would have been extremely infuriating for the mourning family.

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