Top Harris aide says ‘seeking more information’ about American activist killed in West Bank
Phil Gordon, the national security adviser to US Vice President Kamala Harris, has said the White House is still “seeking more information” about the killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at a protest against an illegal Israeli settlement.
“We deplore the death of – an American citizen – in the West Bank, and we send our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones,” Gordon added, in a post on X.
Gordon’s brief comments came more than 24 hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters, “First things first – let’s find out exactly what happened”, in response to questions about Eygi’s death.
The 26-year-old activist’s family have said she was “peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bullet that video shows came from an Israeli military shooter” and have called for an independent investigation and full accountability for her killing.
A photo shared by Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s friend Saif Sharabati shows her with friends at a protest in Seattle where she studied at the University of Washington
Palestinians march in Nablus to honour killed US activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
Palestinians held a march in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus to honour an American woman killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday.
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was participating in a weekly protest against an illegal Israeli settlement near the Palestinian village of Beita when she was shot in the head.
Palestinian town says US activist was 15th person killed since Israeli outpost established
The municipality of Beita, the Palestinian town where American-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot dead, has issued a statement condemning her “execution” by Israeli forces.
“Aysenur passed away while carrying out her noble message in solidarity and support for the legitimate and just rights of the Palestinian people,” the municipality said in a statement.
Eygi was protesting an illegal Israeli settlement on Mount Sabih, in Beita, where the municipality said 14 Palestinians have been killed since an “extremist group of settlers” set up an outpost three years ago.
International volunteers aware they face ‘genocidal military’ in West Bank: NGO
Neta Golan, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, says people’s “desire to live in a more just world” is one of the driving forces behind people campaigning in the occupied West Bank.
American-Turkish volunteer for the organisation Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday during a protest in the West Bank.
“Palestine is at the forefront of this struggle for human rights and the rights of indigenous people to stay on their land. People come to be part of resisting the system that steals land and implements an unjust system – when they come here, they can actually confront this system,” Golan told Al Jazeera.
Golan added that the volunteers that come to the occupied West Bank are aware of the risks and know “they’re facing a genocidal military”.
‘Very different’ treatment as an Israeli activist, says ISM co-founder
Neta Golan, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), says Israeli forces’ treatment of Israeli activists compared to internationals is “very different”.
“They still have yet to kill an Israeli activist, but when they injure Israeli activists, and they have injured Israeli activists, there was pushback from within Israeli society and the same goes for when they killed [US citizen] Rachel Corrie. On the one hand, the American government did nothing … but on the diplomatic side, there was pressure [by the US],” Golan told Al Jazeera.
Golan added that the Israeli allegation that the ISM is linked to armed Palestinian groups was an “absurd accusation”.
