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December 9, 2016

The U.S. Government Expresses Greater Concern over the Death of a Palestinian Than over American Citizens Murdered by Terrorists

Turning perpetrators into victims.

Earlier this year, Israeli soldiers shot Mahmoud Shalan, a Palestinian holding U.S. citizenship, when he attacked them outside of Ramallah; he later died of his wounds. The American embassy in Tel Aviv is now demanding that Israel investigate the terrorist’s death—ignoring, it seems, the official investigation that already took place. Stephen Flatow contrasts this concern with U.S. indifference over its own citizens who have been killed by terrorists in Israel:

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