Biden calls IDF’s killing of American in West Bank ‘totally unacceptable’
Biden calls IDF’s killing of American in West Bank ‘totally unacceptable’
But US president has still not called for an independent inquiry into the death of protester Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
Joe Biden has described the Israel Defense Force’s fatal shooting of the Turkish American protester Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi as “totally unacceptable” in his first extensive comments on her death.
In a statement on Wednesday, Biden said that Israel had “acknowledged responsibility” for Eygi’s death, but he stopped short of backing the demands put out by Eygi’s family and other human rights advocates for an independent inquiry into the fatal shooting of the American activist at a protest in the West Bank town of Beita last week.
“I am outraged and deeply saddened by the death of Aysenur Eygi,” Biden said in the statement. “Israel has acknowledged its responsibility for Aysenur’s death, and a preliminary investigation has indicated that it was the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation.”
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How unacceptable are we talking about? Enough to withhold the supply of weapons? Or just, like, totally unacceptable?
"why is there surviving witnesses?" unacceptable.
Finger wagging levels