United Voices is calling on the Trump administration and Congress to stop funding Israeli military operations after video circulating widely on social media showed an armed Israeli army reservist — also residing in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank — deliberately using an ATV to run over a Palestinian man while he was praying.

According to Reuters, the driver was confirmed to be an Israeli military reservist living in an illegal settlement in occupied Palestinian territory. The attack was not the act of a lone extremist operating outside the system — it is the product of a system that grants near-total impunity to illegal settlers and the soldiers who double as them.

“This shocking and dehumanizing act is yet another example of the unchecked violence Palestinians face daily under Israel’s illegal occupation,” United Voices said. “Brazenly running over a man while he prays is enabled by a system that treats Palestinian lives as worthless. The Trump administration must end its silence and take concrete steps to hold the Israeli government accountable.”

The attack does not stand alone. In recent weeks, the Israeli government approved the construction of 19 new illegal colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank — a move United Voices condemned as making a viable Palestinian state impossible. Israeli forces also killed at least six people, including a woman, at a Gaza wedding during the so-called ceasefire. One report indicated a baby was among those killed. Israel has killed nearly 400 Palestinians during the ceasefire period. The total death toll in Gaza since the conflict began exceeds 70,000, the majority of them women and children — with credible estimates suggesting the true number is significantly higher.

Belgium has formally joined the case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice arguing that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The international legal consensus is forming. What remains missing is accountability from Washington.

United Voices is demanding Congress use its authority over foreign military assistance to condition — and where necessary withhold — U.S. funding from a government whose soldiers run over worshipers in broad daylight and face no consequences for it.

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