00:00Thank you, Tammy.
00:01I have two questions.
00:02An Israeli settler called Yanon Levy, he shot and killed a Palestinian peace activist.
00:07He's a father of three.
00:08His name is in the West Bank.
00:11This settler was identified by the previous administration as an extremist, and he was
00:17under sanction, both by the EU and the U.S.
00:22The Trump administration has lifted the sanction on him.
00:25You often say you have the same values with the Israelis.
00:27How can you make sure that this guy is accountable when he killed a civilian, especially a peace
00:33activist?
00:34Well, of course, I think it needs to be said, it shouldn't have to be said, but we decry
00:40the loss of life everywhere.
00:42That has been the hallmark of the work that this administration is doing.
00:46It is at the top of mind for Secretary Rubio and all of us who work here at the State Department
00:50for a reason, because we care about what happens with other people.
00:55Certainly, we care about it is an American first framework, but that value is about peace
00:59around the world as well, which also helps us.
01:02I would say also that we, as you know, we don't comment on investigations that belong to
01:08another government.
01:09Israel has investigations that it's implementing regarding situations of this sort.
01:16I don't know the end result of what that's going to be, nor will I comment or speculate
01:21on what should happen.
01:23What we do know, and I don't think we should have to, we have a status here, a posture,
01:28where all of this matters to us, to the point where the president's last and only the second
01:34term, but his last effort is to make these things better and to save people's lives.
01:39So it is – you know, it's – these are – it's certainly Gaza, a war zone.
01:45We're doing our best to make a difference there, and we will wait for the result of
01:49an investigation before we have any comment.
01:51MS.
01:52Sure.
01:53This guy in the West Bank is not in Gaza.
01:54MS.
01:55Well, but with the West Bank and Gaza, obviously, the nature of conflicts and what we've been
02:01working on, but I appreciate that, yes, of course.
02:04It's the same – I think the same – it's the same argument.
02:09We see this in the West Bank.
02:11We know when there's violence in general.
02:14We saw something unfold in New York City as well with a shooting in New York City yesterday.
02:22These things touch all of us.
02:24With the hero there being a Bangladeshi immigrant, a cop for three years, dies defending New Yorkers.
02:31It is the American story, and it's something that we all work to help try to make a difference
02:36on.
02:37All right.
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