Published September 12,2024
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US Senator Patty Murray and Representative Pramila Jayapal urged the Biden administration on Wednesday to conduct an impartial, US-led investigation into the killing final week of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces within the occupied West Bank.
“Our hearts are with her family, friends, colleagues and community, all of whom are devastated by her killing and deserve to know their government has done everything it can to fully understand what led to her killing, pursue accountability for those involved, and seek to ensure this does not happen again,” Murray and Jayapal wrote in a letter addressing President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“That is why we request an immediate, transparent, credible and thorough independent US investigation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into the killing of Ms. Eygi, which as Secretary Blinken said was ‘unprovoked and unjustified.'”
Eygi’s household additionally demanded an impartial investigation and criticized a press release by Biden through which he mentioned Eygi’s demise “was the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation.”
The household additionally famous the Biden-Harris administration’s lack of communication, saying: “The appropriate action is for President Biden and Vice President (Kamala) Harris to speak with the family directly and order an independent, transparent investigation into the killing of Aysenur, a volunteer for peace.”
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby confirmed Monday that Biden has not spoken with Eygi’s household to supply condolences.
Initial findings from the Israeli military’s investigation on Tuesday mentioned Eygi, 26, a twin Turkish-US nationwide, was “highly likely” and “indirectly and unintentionally” hit by fireplace from Israeli forces throughout a protest Friday towards unlawful Israeli settlements within the city of Beita close to Nablus.
Eygi, born in Antalya, Türkiye in 1998, moved to the US together with her household when she was an toddler and graduated in June from the University of Washington, the place she studied psychology and Middle Eastern languages and cultures.
She arrived within the West Bank final Tuesday to volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) as a part of an effort to help and safeguard Palestinian farmers.
Source: www.anews.com.tr