Settlers killed US citizen Sayf Musallet. Will there be justice?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Sayfollah Musallet, a US citizen, was killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on July 11 — days before his 21st birthday. His death is one of nearly 1,000 killings involving settlers this year, and his American citizenship has helped draw rare calls for a US investigation. Could this case shift how Washington responds to West Bank settler violence?
In this episode:
- Hesam Musallet, Uncle of Sayfollah Musallet
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sarí el-Khalili, Chloe K. Li and Sonia Bhagat with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, and our guest host, Manuel Rápalo. It was edited by Kylene Kiang.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a U.S. citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers. |
| 0:18.7 | His name was Saif Muslet, a Palestinian American from Florida, who had come to visit his mother and siblings. |
| 0:26.6 | Will the U.S. now move to stop settler violence in the occupied West Bank? |
| 0:31.6 | And if not, why? |
| 0:34.6 | I'm Manuel Rappalo, and this is the take. |
| 0:46.6 | He was a very, very smart, ambitious young person. |
| 0:51.3 | His life was just cut so short that you're not going to see his potential. |
| 0:56.8 | Safe Mislet was in Tampa, Florida, scooping out mounds of cold, sweet Dubai chocolate ice cream, |
| 1:02.5 | a recent fan favorite for new customers. He'd recently opened up a new store with other family |
| 1:08.4 | members. Sometimes I would go and see him at the ice cream shop. |
| 1:12.3 | When his uncle, his Sam, is around, he sets a scoop of salted caramel, his favorite, aside. |
| 1:18.5 | Right when I walk in, he goes, I know what you want. |
| 1:21.9 | You always like, you know, salted caramel ice cream. |
| 1:25.8 | He would bring me a cup of it right away right when I get in there. |
| 1:29.6 | That's how his Sam remembers Safe, as someone who was always looking out for the people he cared about. |
| 1:35.4 | And he was just that type of a person. I mean, it's just hard to explain how loving he was. |
| 1:42.6 | Safe's death comes as the United Nations reports |
| 1:45.1 | that nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed |
| 1:48.1 | by Israeli settlers since October the 7th, 2023. |
| 1:53.5 | Hissam Mislat, Saip's uncle, |
| 1:55.4 | joined us to talk about his nephew. |
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