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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith Washington bureau chief

Top Democrats accuse Trump officials over Israeli settlers’ ‘unbridled violence’

People inspect burned building and car
A burned car and building after a reported attack by Israeli settlers on the outskirts of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Senior Democrats have accused Donald Trump’s administration of giving a green light to violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, warning that its policies created “a climate of impunity and unbridled violence” that endangers both Palestinians and US citizens.

In a letter seen by the Guardian, a group of 19 Democratic senators and representatives call for the restoration of sanctions against extremist settlers and demand independent US investigations into the deaths of nine US citizens killed in the West Bank since 2022.

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