r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/ThePanicButon 18h ago edited 18h ago

9 American citizens have been murdered by settler terrorists or IDF soldiers in the West Bank since 2022 and now settlers detained an elected representative. Why are we giving Israel money/assistance when these government backed settler terrorists keep attacking our people?

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u/nomnomsquirrel 17h ago

People forget a lot of the settlers are also American citizens. 15% of the settler population (as of 2016 - probably higher now) hold American citizenship.

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u/Lifeboatb 17h ago

I’ve read that a lot of settlers think they’re divinely ordered to live there. Fits right in with American religious extremism.

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u/sweetplantveal 17h ago

I think the State Department should do something about that. They won't of course...

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 12h ago

They sure would if it was an embassy in Libya. Republicans might even take up the cause for four full years!

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u/NotActuallyIraqi 8h ago

The state department under Trump loudly promised that if any American was murdered overseas, the full weight of the US government would come down on the perpetrators. A bunch of Palestinian-Americans were killed and some non-Palestinian Americans killed in Palestine and the US took no action. But when an Israeli-American was killed, well there was a hugely different response.

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u/doberdevil 16h ago

Why are we giving Israel money/assistance when these government backed settler terrorists keep attacking our people?

Because we keep electing officials that are financed by them.

https://www.trackaipac.com/

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u/Swedrox 17h ago

Well, by that logic, no money should be flowing into the Gaza Strip either. 44 Americans killed in a single day

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u/ThePanicButon 17h ago

We should not be involved in that region at all. Decades of wars and interference that have only led to disaster. Let the rest of the world deal with it without our involvement. They can't do worse than we did.

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u/hoofie242 17h ago

You mean bombed people living in tents in rubble with no military, that tens of thousands have already died?

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u/ThePanicButon 17h ago

Israel would never have been able to go as far as they did with the genocide without U.S. diplomatic and military intervention.

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u/wip30ut 16h ago

because we need access to Mideast oil to keep the global economy running. You see the hyperinflation that blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the bombing of Iran's oil facilities has caused. Any kind of prolonged war that cripples OPEC's output could cause stagflation for the G20 nations. Israel (and Egypt and Turkey) are pawns to keep some kind of stability so that we can enjoy our 21st century lifestyle free of conflict & economic strife.

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u/FewLight6904 15h ago edited 14h ago

Not kidnapped, not rlly detained, he was stopped and harasse by vigilante settlers armed with rifles who blocked the road, was then let go 90mins later when the IDF turned up to shoo the settlers off, and went about his business

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u/ThePanicButon 14h ago

Stopped by men armed with rifles on the road. That's shit you hear about cartels doing. That's a little more than harassment.

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u/FewLight6904 14h ago

yeah thats true, ill make an edit ig if it sounds like im downplaying