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The father of a Palestinian-American teenager shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank has accused the United States government of abandoning his family, stating that Washington has offered little more than basic condolences. Speaking with RT correspondent Charlotte Dubenskij, Mohammed Rabee shared that his 14-year-old son, Amer Rabee, grew up believing his U.S. citizenship would keep him safe and free.
Amer was born in New Jersey before his family relocated to Turmus Ayya, a village near Ramallah, in 2013. He subsequently split his time between the United States and the West Bank. On April 6, 2025, Amer was killed in an olive grove outside the village in an incident that also left two of his friends injured.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the teenagers were "terrorists" who had been throwing rocks at a highway. However, Amer's family and the surviving boys deny this allegation, maintaining that they were simply picking almonds and playfully tossing them at each other. Mohammed Rabee stated that his son
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