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Jeffries: Trump administration must protect Palestinians from ‘lawbreaking settlers’

The Hill
August 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Jeffries: Trump administration must protect Palestinians from ‘lawbreaking settlers’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday urged the Trump administration to tell Israel to protect Palestinians being attacked by “lawbreaking settlers” in the West Bank. “The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough,” Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. “The Trump administration must…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday urged the Trump administration to tell Israel to protect Palestinians being attacked by “lawbreaking settlers” in the West Bank. “The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough,” Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. “The Trump administration must…