UN Chief condemns the killing of Palestinian American teen, Nasralla Abu Siam, but not President Trump
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A 19 y/o US citizen Nasralla Abu Siam was killed by Israeli settlers last Thursday in the occupied West Bank. He was shot and then got beaten by a club after he attempted to prevent Israeli settlers from stealing livestock in the village of Mukhmas, east of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as reported by Palestine Chronicle.
Siam later succumbed to his injuries. Five other Palestinian villagers who also came to defend the farmer were injured by the settlers according to residents and the Palestinian Health Ministry.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres promptly condemned the killing of Palestinian American teenager Nasrallah Abu Siam. However, President Trump only said he was "aware of" the settler killing a Palestinian American in the West Bank a few days earlier, but "Mr. America First" avoided condemning the murder or demand an investigation. This man will bow his head and bend his knees to the shithole in the Middle East no matter what!
Asked for comments on the Wednesday killing of 19-year-old Nasrallah Abu Siam in an armed settler attack on the central West Bank Palestinian village of Mukhmas, a US State Department spokesperson asserted the administration is aware of the incident without mentioning his name or the victim by name “the US has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans,” and that the US does not condone violence "by either side." What a disgraceful and pathetic response by our government!
Last January 3rd, President Trump issued a stark warning to Iran if it uses violence against protesters by stating that would bring an American intervention. Adding, "We are locked and loaded and ready to go." Did the Iranian government interfere in internal US domestic affairs when Trump sent his ICE thugs into US cities to kidnap immigrants and violently attack and shoot US citizens in cold blood? Of course not!
Nasrallah Abu Siam is not the first American citizen killed by illegal Israeli settlers and/or the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) without a peep from the White House, US State Department, high-ranking US officials, or even the mainstream media. This really makes my blood boil!
President Donald Trump has spent his time in the White House bending over backwards to Israel. From supporting the genocide in Gaza to providing political cover at the UN, not mention moving our embassy to Jerusalem and giving Israel the greenlight to annex the Golan Heights and the West Bank.
To add insult to injury, a few days ago, Trump gifted Crime Minister Netanyahu (an indicted war criminal) a key to the White House. Trump called it a "special token" of perfection, describing the gift as "a key to our country and to our hearts." There is no doubt in my mind -like the FBI has stated- that President Donald Trump has been compromised by Israel. I bet Trump will be willing to start WW3 to avoid being busted in the Epstein Gate.
After Trump took office as US President, reports were published that the new administration is demanding the deportation of the Ahlam Tamimi, who was responsible for the attack of the Sbarro restaurant from Jordanian territory. Tamimi was released in the Gilad Shalit deal in 2011 after being sentenced to 16 life sentences.
In March 2021, Interpol dropped its arrest warrant for Tamimi. However, under pressure from the US, the Jordanian government began in 2025 began negotiations to possibly extradite Tamimi to the US in return for the resumption of financial aid, which had been suspended during the second Trump administration.
That begs the question why Mr. America First never condemned the murder of 19-year-old US citizen by illegal Israeli settlers, halt aid to Israel, demanded the perpetrator's immediate arrest and extradition to the US to face justice. That would send a message that there will not be another U.S. citizen killed by the IDF/settlers without being held accountable.
Mahmoud El-Youseph is a Palestinian freelance writer and retired U.S. Air Force veteran. He writes on U.S. foreign policy, Middle East affairs, and justice. Email: elyousseph6@yahoo.com
