00:00Mr. President, I want to take a few minutes to tell my colleagues about these nine American
00:05citizens who've been killed by Israeli settlers or Israeli security forces in just over the
00:11last four years.
00:13In January 2022, a 70-year-old American citizen, Omar, who ran a grocery store in Milwaukee
00:21for 40 years, was stopped at a checkpoint in the West Bank when Israeli soldiers dragged
00:27him from his car.
00:28They bound his hands behind his back, they gagged him, they blindfolded him, and they
00:33left him lying on the ground outside.
00:36He died of a stress-induced heart attack.
00:40No one has been held accountable.
00:44In May 2022, Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akhle, who lived in New Jersey as
00:51a child, was reporting near the Janine refugee camp when she was shot in the head and killed
00:57by Israeli security forces.
00:59Shireen was known to millions as the, quote, voice of a generation.
01:04When she was killed, she was wearing a bright blue vest, clearly identifying her as a journalist.
01:13No one has been held accountable.
01:17In January 2024, a 17-year-old American citizen named Tafiq, who was born and raised in Louisiana, was shot
01:25in the head and killed while driving east of Ramallah.
01:28Reports indicate that an Israeli settler, an off-duty Israeli police officer, an Israeli soldier were involved in the shooting.
01:36Nobody, nobody held accountable.
01:39Just weeks later, another 17-year-old American boy, Mohammed, who was born in Florida, was shot twice in the
01:45head while driving near the town of Bedou.
01:49Israeli forces were reportedly responsible for his killing.
01:53No one has been held accountable.
01:58In September 2024, a 26-year-old American citizen, Aishiner, who was raised in Seattle, was shot in the head
02:05by an Israeli soldier from approximately 200 meters.
02:09No one has been held accountable.
02:13In April 2025, 14-year-old Amer, from New Jersey, was shot and killed by Israeli security forces at the
02:21entrance to the village of Tar Moussa.
02:24Reports indicate that when he was shot, he was shot 11 times by two different weapons.
02:31No one has been held accountable.
02:34In July 2025, 20-year-old American citizen Saif, born and raised in Florida, was visiting family in the West
02:42Bank when he was beaten to death by violent Israeli settlers during an attack on the town.
02:48Eyewitnesses reported that settlers and Israeli security forces blocked an ambulance from reaching him for more than two hours.
02:57Ambassador Huckabee called Saif's killing, quote, a criminal and terrorist act, unquote.
03:03He even said, there must be accountability.
03:08So why has there been no accountability?
03:13In August 2025, Kamis, a 40-year-old American citizen who lived in Chicago with his five children, died of
03:21smoke inhalation after violent Israeli settlers set fire to homes and cars during an attack in Silwot.
03:28No one has been held accountable.
03:32And in February of this year, Nasrallah, a 19-year-old American boy born in Philadelphia, was shot and killed
03:40by violent Israeli settlers during an attack on Palestinian farmers near Ramallah.
03:45No one has been held accountable.
03:50Omar, Shireen, Tafiq, Mohammed, Aishanir, Amir, Saif, Kamis and Nasrallah.
03:58Nine American citizens, dead.
04:00No accountability.
04:02No accountability.
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