Published September 10,2024
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris for his or her “disturbing and disappointing” failure to name the household of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American citizen killed by Israel within the occupied West Bank.
In a press release, the US Muslim group mentioned Biden has not talked with the household of Eygi, an activist, and that Harris has additionally not spoken to the household as of but.
Eygi, 26, was fatally shot by Israeli forces final Friday throughout a protest in opposition to unlawful Israeli settlements in Beita, a city simply outdoors of Nablus.
“President Biden and Vice President Harris’ failure to call the family of an American citizen murdered by an Israeli sniper is deeply disturbing and disappointing, especially given that both of them quickly contacted the family of an Israeli-American killed by Hamas,” CAIR Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell mentioned within the assertion.
“It is long past time for the Biden administration to start treating all American families as equally worthy of respect and all human beings, including the people of Gaza and the West Bank, as equally worthy of life,” he added.
The group mentioned it referred to as on US Justice Department “to investigate and prosecute the Israeli officials, soldiers and illegal settlers responsible for committing violent crimes against Palestinian-Americans, including the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and Turkish-American peace activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi“.
The Israeli military mentioned it’s “highly likely” that Eygi was “indirectly and unintentionally” hit by hearth from its forces within the occupied West Bank.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned Israel’s killing of Eygi is “unprovoked and unjustified” and “unacceptable.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr