Ramallah, February 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian rights advocates have condemned a U.S. congressional delegation currently visiting Israel and led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for enabling Israel’s continued human rights and international law violations.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in recent days in the occupied West Bank. Nineteen-year-old Nehad Amin Barghouti was killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the town of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah.  This came just a few days after the Sunday killing of 17-year-old Mohammad Akram Abu Salah during a house raid and demolition near the city of Jenin. 

Mohammad Akram Abu Salah’s mother told reporters in Ramallah: “For me, as his mother, no one can feel how I feel now.  I love him so much.  I still live with the hope that he will come again and smile at me.  His smile was like medicine to me.”