ÖZden Bennett’s first reaction after learning that his sister was killed was incredible. AyşenurEzgi Eygi has gone to the occupied West Bank Just three days ago, Palestinian community volunteers faced violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers.
But shock and sadness quickly gave way to fear – “Nothing, she would die under that olive tree, that’s it.”
Eygi is a 26-year-old Turkish American woman who was shot dead by an Israeli sniper on September 6, 2024. She has been protesting against settlement expansion near the Israeli-occupied West Bank Nables.
Eygi’s family fears ensuring justice will be an uphill battle. Indeed, one year later, no one was responsible. Israeli military investigation Summarize In the days following the incident, Eygi’s “very likely” was hit by the IDF fire, not the IDF fire targeting her, but others who were allegedly throwing rocks. (The Washington Post Investigation Established Aige was shot dead half an hour after any clash between protesters and soldiers, standing 200 yards from the soldier.
U.S. officials called the killing “unreasonable and unreasonable,” but despite repeated requests from her family, she never investigated her own investigation. (The Turkish government did it and concluded that Aiji is “Targeted intentionally”, it submitted evidence to the UN Security Council, the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
Eygi Shireen Abu AklehHe was killed by a sniper during a military attack in Zhanning in 2022. Israeli troops and settlers since October 7, 2023 He was also killed There are at least four Palestinian Americans in the West Bank.
“I’m heartbroken and there are a lot of families who have experienced the same thing,” Bennett said. “It’s outrageous because if something is done, if Israel is taken responsibility…all the people after that, they should still be here.”
Lack of responsibility is not because of lack of effort. In December last year, when Eygi’s family blinked with U.S. Secretary of State Antony for the first time, they asked him, “What can you do?” Aygi’s husband recalled Hamid Ali.
He said the response constituted “a lot of shoulder shrugging.”
The State Department told families that conducting an investigation would be a privilege of the Justice Department, which wrote in a letter to the family that they would “scrutinize” their requests. They never follow up.
A State Department spokesman said in a statement that it “has no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens”, but submitted Guardians to the Israeli government for updates. The Justice Department and IDF did not respond to requests for comment.
“There is no red line on Israel. Later this month, they will be in Washington with the families of other U.S. citizens killed by Israeli forces and settlers to jointly advocate for a stronger response from the U.S. government.
The experience of seeking justice for Aji is deeply disillusioned with Aji, who had been married to Aji for three years before his death.
He said in more than a dozen meetings with the State Department and members of Congress, Aige’s family pointed out that the words of former Attorney General Merrick Garland killed several U.S. citizens in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Hamas in Israel. Garland said the U.S. government will investigate “every cruel murder case for Americans.”
Hamid condemns what he calls a clear double standard. “We just use them in our own words,” he said.
Ali spoke in the hometown of the Eygi family in Türkiye, where she was buried near her grandmother and held a ceremony on Saturday to commemorate her. Ali said she loves Türkiye and will visit at least once before the wedding.
Bennett said Aige and her sister, who grew up in a Turkish family, prefer global news than their American peers, always aware of the regular escalation of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory and the bombing and violence in Gaza, Gaza. However, after October 7, advocating the liberation of Palestine becomes Aegis’s “whole world”.
At the University of Washington, Aegy participated Boycott, divestment and sanctions Sports and student camps. When she graduated from a psychology degree, she was hesitant and headed to Palestine for the first time, worried about security risks. But she eventually decided that she needed to witness the profession firsthand and headed to the West Bank as volunteers from the international solidarity movement.
Ali said that Edge has a trick to encourage others to “not be so desperate.”
“I’m very cynical and she’s always reminding me that the exact function of these power systems is to make you feel like you’re just fighting this mammoth,” he said. “But overall, we’re able to act and actually work.”
“She has many aspects,” Bennett said. “Obviously, part of the focus is her activism and advocacy, and her passion for human rights, especially Palestinian rights. But she is also a stupid 26-year-old. She is my sister.”
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