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Even after the murder of Aysenur Eygi the White House continues to excuse Israel
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Two fellow international solidarity activists carry posters of Aysenur Eygi, 26, shot in the head by Israeli soldiers while observing a nearby anti-settlement protest in the West Bank village of Beita, during her funeral procession in the Palestinian city of Nablus, September 9 2024
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SHE had come to the West Bank village of Beita to bear peaceful witness and lend protection to the Palestinian community under constant attack there from illegal Israeli settlers.
As a Friday prayer ceremony ended and a skirmish broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli military, she and other observers retreated beyond the village to an olive grove. It was supposed to be a safe place.
Calm reigned for 30 minutes. Then two shots rang out, fired from a distance of 230 yards, hitting her in the head. She was Aysenur Egan Eygi, a 26-year-old US citizen. She died on the way to hospital. No-one from the Biden administration has since called her family or offered them condolences.
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