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Killing of activist Aysenur Eygi ‘raises legitimate questions’: Harris
Kamala Harris, the US vice president and presidential hopeful, has said in a statement that the Israeli killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank last week was “a horrific tragedy that never should have happened”.
“Aysenur was peacefully protesting in the West Bank – standing up against the expansion of settlements – when her young life was senselessly cut short. No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest,” she said.
“The shooting that led to her death is unacceptable and raises legitimate questions about the conduct of [Israel’s military] personnel in the West Bank. Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again,” Harris said.
She also said Israel’s preliminary investigation indicated it was the result of “a tragic error for which the [Israeli army] is responsible”, adding that the US would continue to press the Israeli government for answers.
The statement comes just two days after US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel declined to acknowledge that Eygi was killed by an Israeli soldier, but called for the process to “play out and for the facts to be gathered”.
Like you're continuing to press Israel for answers on all the other war crimes? When is enough enough?
Biden concern over activist’s killing ‘desperation’ to win Arab, Muslim votes
Biden’s condemnation of Israel’s killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank has come too late, an analyst says.
The comments will have no impact unless the US stops supplying weapons to Israel, according to Sultan Barakat, professor of public policy at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University. “He’s condemning the attack, but then he’s leaving it open for the Israeli army to investigate. So he knows exactly that nothing is going to happen,” he told Al Jazeera.
“So it’s really soundbites. [He’s] desperate in this time of elections, I think desperate to win the Arab and the Muslim vote in the United States.”
Fatally shot activist’s family denounces US leaders for no phone call
The family of slain Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, criticised the US’s Biden-Harris administration for a lack of communication and reiterated its demand for an independent investigation.
“Let us be clear, an American citizen was killed by a foreign military in a targeted attack. The appropriate action is for President Biden and Vice President Harris to speak with the family directly, and order an independent, transparent investigation into the killing of Aysenur, a volunteer for peace,” the family said in response to a statement by President Joe Biden earlier.
The International Solidarity Movement, the group Eygi volunteered for, said it has “no confidence in any Israeli investigation, given the Israeli army’s longstanding practice of using investigations as exculpatory coverups”.
“We continue to demand a transparent and independent investigation,” it said.
