Human rights defenders this week accused US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee \u2013 who recently endorsed Israel conquering much of the Middle East \u2013 of inciting deadly violence after Israeli colonists in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine fatally shot a Palestinian-American teenager who was trying to stop settlers from stealing livestock.<\/p>\n
Nasrallah Abu Siyam, 19, was shot dead last Wednesday by a masked Israeli settler armed with an M-16 rifle in the village of Mukhmas, where the 19-year-old Philadelphia native had been living and helping his father, Mohammed Abu Siyam, tend the family\u2019s livestock and cultivate their olive trees.<\/p>\n
According to eyewitness accounts as reported<\/a> by independent New York journalist and Palestine specialist Jasper Diamond Nathaniel:<\/p>\n At least four other local Palestinians were wounded by settler gunfire during the invasion of the village, including another young man whose foot may be amputated. Some were shot while carrying the wounded to safety. Many others were severely beaten with metal rods. Israeli soldiers, who accompanied the settlers into the village, responded to the shooting rampage by firing stun grenades and tear gas into the residential area, burning an elderly man. When it was over, settlers walked off with more than 300 of the village\u2019s sheep and goats under the military\u2019s watch. It was the first full day of Ramadan. As of this writing, no one has been arrested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ICYMI, I spoke to eight eyewitnesses and reconstructed the killing of an American teenager in the West Bank last week. Full story is in the link in the quote tweet. https:\/\/t.co\/OAyh9ulsFZ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1zgaLCbtub<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 jasper nathaniel (@infinite_jaz) February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n