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Last Updated on September 18, 2024.

Washington – Win Without War Executive Director Sara Haghdoosti released the following statement responding to news of the shooting death of Aysenur Eygi in the West Bank:

“Today, yet another U.S. citizen was shot dead in the West Bank, almost certainly by Israeli soldiers. Aysenur Eygi, 26, was demonstrating for Palestinian rights when, witnesses say, Israeli soldiers shot into the crowd, killing her. The Biden administration must direct the FBI to launch an immediate investigation to establish who is responsible for Eygi’s killing.

“Today’s tragedy is not a one-off. Violence in the occupied West Bank, driven by right wing settlers and backed up by Israeli security services, has been increasing since the horrific attacks of October 7th and has spiked in recent weeks. In the last ten days alone, Israeli security forces have killed 36 Palestinians in the West Bank, including eight children.

“In February, President Biden declared that settler violence in the West Bank constitutes ‘an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States’ and promised strict sanctions against those responsible for harming civilians there. Eygi’s killing is both a confirmation of and a challenge to the president’s declaration: a U.S. citizen has been slain, and now it is up to the Biden administration to use the many tools at its disposal to determine who is responsible and hold them accountable. 

“The Justice Department announced indictments this week for Hamas leaders involved in killing U.S. citizens – an entirely appropriate action when Americans are killed abroad. We are horrified by Hamas’s murders, including that of U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin last week. The Goldberg-Polin family deserves justice, and so do Aysenur Eygi’s loved ones.”

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September 6, 2024