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News Wrap: Palestinian-American killed by settlers in occupied West Bank, officials say

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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n our news wrap Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian-American in the occupied West Bank, National Park Service workers in Philadelphia began restoring a slavery exhibit at the site of George Washington's former residence and the White House ballroom proposal has been approved by a panel whose members were handpicked by Trump himself. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

And hopes for peace are also being tested in the occupied West Bank.

0:05.0

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian American in a village north of Jerusalem.

0:12.0

mourners held a funeral today for Nasrallah Abu Siam.

0:16.0

A witness said settlers tried to attack a farmer and the 19-year-old was killed in the violence that followed.

0:22.4

Israel's military says its soldiers had stepped in to disperse a riot.

0:27.0

Human rights groups say Abu Siam was the first Palestinian killed by settlers this year.

0:32.2

The U.N. estimates 240 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2025.

0:38.3

In Philadelphia, National Park Service workers began restoring a slavery exhibit today at the site of George Washington's former residents.

0:46.3

And I want to say thank you.

0:48.3

It's our honor.

0:49.3

And I want you to know I'm grateful.

0:50.3

It's our honor, then.

0:51.3

The city's mayor, Shirel Parker, thanked workers during a visit there this morning.

0:55.8

The exhibit tells the story of nine enslaved people who lived there and has become the focus

1:01.6

of a legal battle between the Trump administration and the city.

1:05.2

A federal judge ordered the displays be restored earlier this week while a lawsuit plays

1:09.7

out.

1:10.7

The Trump administration argues

1:11.8

that it has the power to decide what stories get told at National Park Service sites.

1:17.7

President Trump's White House ballroom proposal has been approved by a panel whose members

1:22.5

were handpicked by the president himself. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts said the massive ballroom will increase hosting capacity

1:29.9

for state dinners and other large events, which have traditionally been held in outdoor tents.

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