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US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian Americans' land
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee cautioned militant Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank against taking property belonging to Palestinian Americans, describing the practice as a violation of God's law. The warning, reported by Al-Monitor, targeted a pattern affecting landholdings of U.S. citizens of Palestinian descent across the territory.
Settler seizures of Palestinian property have persisted in the West Bank for decades, generating repeated complaints from Palestinian officials and international observers. Huckabee's statement marked a rare direct public rebuke of settlers by a senior American diplomat stationed in Israel, addressing property claims that touch both Palestinian and American interests in the occupied region.
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