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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    I really hope they get some kind of karmic backlash. I don’t really believe in karma but I don’t know what else to think. All of our shitty countries are straight up fully supporting them or maybe straight up controlling them.

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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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    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.