How American citizens are leading rise of ‘settler violence’ on Palestinian lands

[Della]

"Washington’s ban on travel to the US by extremist Jewish settlers who attack Palestinians in the West Bank has one gaping loophole.

American citizens have been at the forefront of the rise of settler violence in the occupied territories, and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land, but as US passport holders they cannot be barred from their own country.

Many of the estimated 60,000 Americans living in the West Bank outside of occupied East Jerusalem moved to settlements for the lifestyle and have little to do with the Palestinians on whose land they live. But a core of ideologically driven US citizens were at the forefront of building religious settlements on land expropriated from Palestinians while others have led the rise of what has been described as “settler terrorism”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... n-loophole

[WellPreserved]

This is one of those loopholes. While breaking international law, these American citizens are not breaking Israeli law so US can't deny them entry due to their citizenship and can't extradite them. They suffer no consequences of their actions. Not only can they continue settler violence, they can receive money from the US to do so as it is not recognized as terrorism.

[Della]

This is one of those loopholes. While breaking international law, these American citizens are not breaking Israeli law so US can't deny them entry due to their citizenship and can't extradite them. They suffer no consequences of their actions. Not only can they continue settler violence, they can receive money from the US to do so as it is not recognized as terrorism.

There are hundreds of these loopholes. Israel is America's pet. Fortunately, eyes are being opened across the world.