"Red poppies dot the hillside in the West Bank where Israeli settlers from the Neve Erez outpost killed 19-year-old Palestinian American Nasrallah Abu Siyam, a U.S. citizen born in Philadelphia. On February 22, Abu Siyam's closest friends gathered with a village elder to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial on a hill overlooking Mukhmas, the Palestinian village in the West Bank where the Israeli settlers killed Abu Siyam."
"Abu Siyam was the sixth Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers or the Israeli military in the West Bank since October 7, 2023. More than 230 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank last year."
"Like many West Bank villages, Mukhmas has a significant Palestinian American population, Abu Ali said. This is the result of a wave of immigration from the West Bank to the United States following the Six-Day War in 1967 and Israel's occupation of the territory."
Nasrallah Abu Siyam, a 19-year-old Palestinian American born in Philadelphia, was killed by Israeli settlers from the Neve Erez outpost in Mukhmas, a Palestinian village in the West Bank. On February 22, his closest friends gathered with a village elder at a makeshift memorial marked with a Palestinian flag to pay respects. The elder encouraged prayer and reflection during Ramadan rather than seeking revenge. Abu Siyam was the sixth Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers or military forces in the West Bank since October 7, 2023. Over 230 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank during the previous year. Mukhmas has a significant Palestinian American population resulting from immigration following the 1967 Six-Day War.
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