Pro-MAGA news network airs segment criticising Israeli settler attacks on US citizens
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-sign-of-shift-far-right-us-news-network-airs-segment-on-unchecked-israeli-settler-violence/
The far-right One America News Network has aired a segment critical of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, in the latest signal of an apparent shift within America’s right-wing.
Posting the segment on X, which is hosted by former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, the pro-MAGA network asked: “How many Americans do Israeli settlers have to kill before we care?”
Gaetz – President Trump’s original pick for attorney general before he withdrew his candidacy over mounting scandals – discussed the killing of Palestinian American Sayfollah Musallet by Israeli settlers last week. He said the 20-year-old Florida-born man was “peacefully” in the occupied West Bank visiting family before he was “murdered” by a mob of Israeli settlers.
“Truth is this isn’t an isolated tragedy in the West Bank, it’s part of a pattern of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian communities, including the torching of homes, farms and lives, all while protected by Israeli forces who are funded by US tax dollars,” Gaetz said.
“Israel rarely holds these killers accountable,” he added.
Israeli police reopen settler attack probe after press investigation revelations
Israeli police have reopened an investigation into an Israeli settler attack on a peace activist in the occupied West Bank, following a damning report into failures to investigate the case.
Israeli outlet Haaretz reported on Thursday that authorities had closed their probe into the assault – which took place in village of Mughayyir al-Deir – claiming they were unable to identify the suspects.
In May, settlers attacked a group of Palestinians and Israeli peace activists accompanying them in Mughayyir al-Deir. Among the peace activists was Avishay Mohar, who had his cameras, cellphone, wallet and other items stolen.
Mohar filed a police complaint which included a picture of several of the attackers and the name of one assailant. His stolen computer’s GPS tracker was also active in the weeks after the attack, showing it was moving between illegal outposts in the West Bank.
But Israeli police closed the case, claiming they had been unable to identify the perpetrators.
Following Haaretz’s report this week, police said they had reopened it.
