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US 'Turns A Blind Eye', Says American-Palestinian After Son Killed By Israel

Relatives mourn over the body of 14-year-old Palestinian-American Amer Rabee during his funeral in Turmus Ayya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank (Credit: AFP)

American-Palestinian Muhammad Rabee feels abandoned by the United States, he told AFP on Monday, a day after Israeli forces killed his 14-year-old son during a family visit in the occupied West Bank.

Rabee's family live in New Jersey, and like the vast majority of Palestinians from the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya are dual citizens, but the father said Washington "turns a blind eye" to soaring Israeli attacks and abuses against them.

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