A group of House Democrats, including some of Israel’s fiercest critics in Congress, gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to demand an investigation into the deaths of Palestinian Americans at the hands of Israeli troops or settlers.

The lawmakers, including Reps. Pramilia Jayapal (D-Wash.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), called on President Donald Trump to have the U.S. government investigate the deaths or to pressure Israel to do so.

They said that requests for such probes have been ignored by previous administrations, and that the policy is continuing under Trump.

“The Trump administration is continuing to allow U.S. citizens to be killed with impunity,” Jayapal said at a press conference on the Capitol grounds, surrounded by the relatives of many of those ki

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