BIDDU, West Bank Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian-American from Tampa, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank two weeks ago. His killing marked the fourth death of a Palestinian-American in the territory since the Gaza war began — and, so far, no arrests have been made.
We demand justice,” said his father, Kamel Musallet, during his son’s funeral earlier this week. “We demand the US government do something about it.” Yet for Musallet’s family and relatives of the other Palestinian-Americans killed, accountability seems distant. No charges have been filed in any of the four deaths. And based on past patterns, they say they don’t expect that to change.
Their frustration runs deeper than legal inaction. Family members say that instead of being treated as victims, they’ve often felt like suspects subjected to travel bans, interrogations, and detentions by Israeli authorities. Many believe their American identity carries little weight when paired with their Palestinian heritage.
While the US Embassy in Jerusalem has called on Israel to investigate each case, the American government has stopped short of launching its own inquiries. As grief turns to anger, the families continue to call for justice and for their voices to be heard on both sides of the world.
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