In a forceful statement, President Joe Biden has called on Israel to hold accountable those responsible for the death of an American citizen in the West Bank.
Last week, gunfire erupted at the demonstration Turkish-American citizen Aysenur Eygi was attending. She sustained a fatal head wound and died at the scene. Reports indicate Eygi had traveled to the region as part of a volunteer effort with a human rights organization supporting Palestinian farmers in the West Bank.
America is the head of the snake!"
"We will continue the struggle. To Al-Quds we are going, martyrs by the millions!
This morning, Palestinians and solidarity activists gathered in Beita, #Nablus, to mourn Aysenur Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was martyred by an IOF pic.twitter.com/KOHKVmkbgF— Uncensored News (@Uncensorednewsw) September 10, 2024
"I am outraged and deeply saddened by the death of Aysenur Eygi," the White House statement declared. "Aysenur was a recent US college graduate. She was also an activist whose idealism led her to travel to the West Bank to peacefully protest the expansion of settlements."
The President continued, "Israel has acknowledged its responsibility for Aysenur's death, and a preliminary investigation has indicated that it was the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation. The US government has had full access to Israel's preliminary investigation, so that we can have confidence in the result."
I asked @SecBlinken about the killing of American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank.
He called it a "horrific loss" and says America remains concerned about settler violence in the West Bank.
On Tuesday, Israel said it was "highly likely" that the IDF killed the… pic.twitter.com/TZAPJanDXu
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Biden emphasized, "There must be full accountability. And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again. The violence in the West Bank has been going on for too long. Violent extremist Israeli settlers are uprooting Palestinians from their homes. Palestinian terrorists are sending car bombs to kill civilians. I will continue to support policies that hold all extremists – Israelis and Palestinians alike – accountable for stoking violence and serving as obstacles to peace."
