"If the U.S. had held Israel accountable for the killing of other Americans like Rachel Corrie or Shireen Abu Akleh, perhaps Israeli soldiers would not feel so emboldened to kill Americans, and other civilians, today." Hamad Ali in The Hill 12/14/24

American human rights activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was shot in the head and killed by an Israeli soldier on Sept. 6, 2024, while she was peacefully standing under an olive tree in the occupied West Bank.

 There is a long history of Israeli soldiers unlawfully killing U.S. citizens with impunity, like the renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh ...

Why isn’t Israel being held accountable for killing my wife and other innocents?

by Hamid Ali, opinion contributor  - 12/14/24

What do you do with the clothes your wife was wearing when she was killed, now stained with her blood? How do you preserve them as evidence for an investigation that may never happen? What else can you do when your government has given no indication that it will hold her killer — a soldier in the army of a close ally — accountable, despite three months of daily efforts to get basic answers?  

My wife, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was shot in the head and killed by an Israeli soldier on Sept. 6, 2024, while peacefully standing under an olive tree in the occupied West Bank. Although the Biden administration has described her death as unprovoked and unjustified, it has yet to apply adequate pressure on Israel to seek justice for the killing of one of its citizens....  READ MORE   https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5039207-aisenur-ezgi-eygi-killed-israel/

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White House Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Aysenur Eygi "Aysenur was peacefully protesting in the West Bank—standing up against the expansion of settlements—when her young life was senselessly cut short. No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest. The shooting that led to her death is unacceptable and raises legitimate questions about the conduct of IDF personnel in the West Bank."

Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Aysenur Eygi

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The killing of Aysenur Eygi is a horrific tragedy that never should have happened. Doug and I are keeping her family and loved ones in our prayers. Aysenur was peacefully protesting in the West Bank—standing up against the expansion of settlements—when her young life was senselessly cut short. No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest. The shooting that led to her death is unacceptable and raises legitimate questions about the conduct of IDF personnel in the West Bank.  Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.
 
Israel’s preliminary investigation indicated it was the result of a tragic error for which the IDF is responsible. We will continue to press the government of Israel for answers and for continued access to the findings of the investigation so we can have confidence in the results. There must be full accountability.
 
The United States will continue to hold accountable anyone in the West Bank – Israelis and Palestinians – who stokes violence and undermines peace and stability.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/11/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-aysenur-eygi/

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Two young American women—Rachel & Aysenur. Both from Washington State with hearts of gold... both were murdered

 

Huwaida Arraf

Two young American women—Rachel & Aysenur. Both from Washington State with hearts of gold. They traveled to PAL [Palestine] to witness and to stand with the oppressed; to make a difference. Both were murdered. By America’s great ally. With U.S. supplied weapons. With U.S. assured impunity. #RIP

Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied by American leadership & mainstream news.... September 2024

Mohamad Safa

@mhdksafa

This photo needs to be the front page of every news paper in the world. 20 tents full of displaced families buried alive in Gaza.

Maha Hussaini

@MahaGaza

In an overcrowded camp where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are scattered in makeshift tents, even the smallest bomb can cause immense damage and numerous casualties. Now, imagine the devastation when the Israeli occupation army uses 3 U.S.-made MK-84 bombs on them.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

@FranceskAlbs

Apartheid Israel is accelerating the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and committing acts of genocide on the way. How long will it take to UN Member states to impose sanctions on this serial violator of int'l law?

Dr. Omar Suleiman

@omarsuleiman

The tent massacre of Mawasi. 20 tents full of families buried alive by American bombs that have left literal craters in the earth. This was a humanitarian safe zone. Another site of a war crime that the world can’t stop because of Israel’s effective international immunity.

 

 

Susan Muaddi Darraj 

@SusanDarraj

I am forever changed by this year, by the evil we are witnessing, by the silence of so many, by the acceptance of such horror as normal.

 

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

I strongly condemn Israel’s air strikes on an Israeli-designated zone for displaced people in Gaza. Palestinians had moved to this area in search for shelter & safety, after being repeatedly instructed to do so by the Israeli authorities. I repeat my call for an immediate ceasefire & the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages still held in Gaza.

 

 Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied.

 

Aysenur Eygi- American murdered by Israeli troops 

 

Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank, was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral obligation to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians.

"Eygi, who is also a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW [Seattle Washington] earlier this year with a major in psychology and minor in Middle Eastern languages and culture, Fani said. She walked the stage with a large “Free Palestine” flag during the ceremony, Fani said."

American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say

 

Mosab Abu Toha

@MosabAbuToha

 

Please amplify: So the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was accidental, unintentional, etc.? 

 

Question for Israel: 

1-Why open fire in the first place? 

 

Two questions for the US: 

1-What about the settlements she was protesting? Are they accidental? 

 

2-What about the killing of children and their families Aysenur was standing in solidarity with?