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Even after the murder of Aysenur Eygi the White House continues to excuse Israel
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER highlights the longstanding pattern of the US government shielding Israel from accountability, as Rachel Corrie’s family joins calls for a transparent investigation into the latest killing of a US peace volunteer
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

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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