International Solidarity Movement says Israel ‘deliberately’ targeted Turkish-American activist

Published September 06,2024

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The Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement (ISM) mentioned on Friday that Israel “deliberately” focused a Turkish-American activist, demanding accountability for Israeli forces’ escalating violence in opposition to worldwide activists and Palestinian civilians within the occupied West Bank.

According to an ISM assertion, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was collaborating in a peaceable protest in Beita in opposition to unlawful Israeli settlements when the Israeli military opened fireplace.

The motion mentioned Eygi was standing with different human rights observers when she was fatally shot within the head by a sniper, making her the 18th protester killed in Beita since 2020.

Beita residents maintain protests after weekly Muslim Friday prayers in congregation to oppose the unlawful Israeli settlement of Avitar, which sits atop Mount Sbeih. The neighborhood calls for that the settlement be eliminated as a result of it violates their land rights.

Eygi was “deliberately targeted” by the Israeli sniper, the motion mentioned, citing testimony from eyewitness Mariam Dag (a pseudonym), who can also be an ISM volunteer. She condemned the killing as a continuation of many years of Israeli impunity, including that the ISM would “continue to stand in solidarity and honor the martyrs until Palestine is free.”

The assertion additionally mentioned that “In recent months, international activists have experienced a sharp increase in violence from Israeli forces and the occupation must be held accountable for this.”

Eygi was “an activist with ISM,” based on the assertion, which additionally talked about 17 different activists who had been killed by Israeli forces.

The 26-year-old Eygi, who was twin Turkish-American nationwide, was shot useless by Israeli forces on Friday throughout a protest in opposition to unlawful Israeli settlements within the city of Beita within the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank, based on eyewitnesses.

Eygi was born within the Turkish metropolis of Antalya in 1998.