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US activist killed by Israeli forces at West Bank protest (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An American activist was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, in the occupied West Bank, during a weekly protest against settlement expansion, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The report said the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head, according to the report.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it happened in Russia I would agree if he broke Russian laws while in Russia, he should face Russian consequences. It all seems really simple to me. If you commit a crime in a foreign country you are typically subject to their laws.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The discussion here is regrading the behavior of the US government when a US citizen was detained by the client regime of the US. These are the services that US would normally offer that were denied in this case https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/arrest-detention.html