CNN reports: An American died in the West Bank on Saturday, the US State Department confirmed Monday, the second death in less than a month of a US citizen in the occupied Palestinian territory.
“We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen civilian in the West Bank on February 10, 2024,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN, adding that department officials “are working to gather more information and have pressed the Government of Israel for further information.”
“We extend our deepest condolences to the family,” the spokesperson said. “Out of respect to the family, we have nothing further to share.”
Last month, another American, 17-year-old Tawfiq Hafiz Ajjaq, was fatally shot in the head, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israel’s police have opened an investigation into the incident, the IDF and Israeli police told CNN last month.
Defense for Children International – Palestine adds: Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Khdour, 17, was shot in the head by Israeli forces around 4:30 p.m. on February 10 west of the Palestinian town of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine.
Third party for me. The total third party vote is less than a quarter of the spread between the major party candidates (usually like 65/30), so there’s no chance my third party vote will impact anything. However, if my third party candidate gets an interesting precent of the vote, maybe they’ll get a platform for 10 min or something on the news, and that sounds a lot more effective than picking one of the two awful candidates.
Or if we manage to get a politician’s worst nightmare – ranked-choice voting! They tried voting it in here in Colorado and oh boy the misinformation bots were out in full force for that one, making a lot of idiots think that somehow this meant their individual vote would no longer matter.
Eh, I’m not a fan of RCV, but I’ll take it if that’s all that’s offered. There are much better voting systems.
But my general rule of thumb is if there’s a lot of pushback on something, it’s probably a good idea.