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On 9/7/2024 7:18 AM, NefeshBarYochai wrote:
Washington, DC – The fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Turkish American protester in the occupied West Bank has sparked fresh calls for the
United States to demand accountability from Israel’s armed forces.
But advocates say justice for US citizens killed by Israeli soldiers
has long proven elusive, with many accusing the administration of
President Joe Biden of applying a double standard to Israel and its
military.
Friday’s shooting claimed the life of 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a
dual US and Turkish citizen who was taking part in a demonstration
against an illegal Israeli settlement on Mount Sbeih in Beita, a town
south of Nablus.
During the protest, witnesses said an Israeli soldier shot Ezgi Eygi
in the head, and she collapsed in an olive grove. She later died of
her wounds at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus.
Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was among the first
US officials to respond to the killing, and she called on Secretary of
State Antony Blinken to “do something to save lives”.
Blinken himself was asked about the killing at a news briefing later
in the day, where a journalist pressed him on the military aid the US continues to provide to Israel.
“I just want to extend my deepest condolences, condolences of the
United States government, to the family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi,” Blinken responded. “We deplore this tragic loss.”
He said the Biden administration would “gather the facts” and “act on it” as necessary.
“I have no higher priority than the safety and protection of American citizens, wherever they are,” Blinken added, echoing a similar
statement made by US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew.
But advocates have questioned the US government’s commitment to
American safety overseas, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories.
They pointed to a string of high-profile killings by Israeli forces
that they say Washington has not sought accountability for.
Earlier this year, for instance, an off-duty Israeli police officer
and a settler opened fire and killed 17-year-old US citizen Tawfiq
Ajaq near his ancestral village of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya in the West
Bank. An investigation into the case is ongoing.
In 2022, an Israeli sniper also shot US citizen and Al Jazeera
journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was reporting at the time in the
West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp.
The Israeli military later admitted its soldier fired the fatal bullet
but deemed the killing an accident and declined to punish any
individual involved. While the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) opened an inquiry nearly two years ago, it too has offered no
updates or resolution.
That same year, 78-year-old Palestinian American Omar Assad died after
being detained by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near his home in
Jiljilya. The US ultimately declined to cut funding to the soldiers’
unit, despite its track record of abuses.
Other examples stretch back more than a decade. In 2010, teenager
Furkan Dogan, another dual US and Turkish citizen, was killed when
Israeli commandos boarded a ship trying to deliver aid to Gaza.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/6/advocates-demand-justice-after-us-protester-killed-in-israeli-gunfire
It would seem that the term "American" has lost its former luster. It
has been cheapened and trashed after several decades have passed where
U.S. citizenship has been handed out like cheap candy or used condoms to
tens of millions of Third World illegal aliens and Indian H1B scab
programmers, 7-11 cashiers, convenience store-gas station clerks and
leaf blower operators.
Whereas in decades past when one read about an American abroad, it
conjured up a certain image of a middle class, white, cultured and
educated person who speaks English; now it conjures up pictures of
Mexicans and other Third World illegal entrants who make up a plurality
of the under 20 year old demographic.
Now, "advocates" are championing the cause of some dual-citizen, rock
throwing persons with a names like Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Tawfiq Ajaq,
Fuorrkan Dogan, or Omar Assad. They are championed by dual citizen
"advocates" like Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib when
they get shot by soldiers in a far off land. As David Bowie sang in one
of his hit songs, "This is not America."
Rammstein: Amerika:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8ljRgcJNM
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and World War 3.
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unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to
enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and
abetting any of the preceding acts. Subsection 1324(a)(2) prohibits
bringing or attempting to bring unauthorized aliens to the United States
in any manner whatsoever, even at a designated port of entry. Subsection 1324(a)(3)."
“Western values mean three things: migration, LGBTQ, and war." Viktor Orban
"There is no "democratic" government where all the governing officials
are rich grifters, the multinational corporations and financial
institutions control policy, and the will of the people is ignored,
subverted through propaganda, or oppressed with lawfare and threats."
Posted by: Belle | Jul 22 2024 14:51 utc on Moon of Alabama blog
Biden: "28 out of every high school students is Latino, we better start figuring it out."
https://www.globalgulag.us
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