Outrage Grows Over Killing of Palestinian-American by West Bank Settlers

The family of Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet, a 20-year-old American citizen who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, is urging the U.S. government to launch an independent investigation and hold the perpetrators accountable, Al Jazeera reported.

According to Al Jazeera, Musallet’s family said in a statement that Israeli settlers surrounded him for three hours during the attack on Friday and prevented ambulances from reaching him.

The slain young man, born and raised in Florida, who had traveled to the West Bank last month to visit relatives, was described as a “kind, hard-working, and deeply-respected young man, working to build his dreams.” He had recently established an ice cream shop in Tampa, in Florida, with his father, His family called…