US lawmakers want probe of Palestinian American killed by Israeli settlers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than half of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Saif Musallet, an American citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland led 28 other Democrats in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi seeking an investigation, adding to pressure from Washington for…