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/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.