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Special reports: TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN   a   NEW: September 11, 2024: Nour, A midwife in Gaza Sept. 4, 2024: "He can't move at all": A Gaza mother's agony over baby with polio... and September 3, 2024: 'Tragic childhood': Gaza children vaccinated against polio, war continues...   Shoroughs' family August 12, 2024: 'Part of me is missing': How Israel's war on Gaza tears spouses apart earlier stories: August 7, 2024: 'My children cry all day from the heat': Life in Gaza’s tent camps... and August 5, 2024: Shorough 'We have nothing left in this world, except our daughter': a young mother on life in Gaza...

Alaa al-Nimer and daughterNimah July 28, 2024 "My baby girl was born on the street": A traumatic birth in Gaza   July 22, 2024 Ms. Maram Humaid: "A letter to my son: As you turn one today in Gaza, I feel joy and sorrow"  July 12, 2024 Noor Alyacoubi - "I'm fighting to keep my baby alive" and other stories Mothers and children: Boom-And again Boom Special report: UPDATE: September 4, 2024: Gaza is hell for aid workers doubly difficult if you are a woman.   July 12, 2024: Scorched Hospitals - Schools -  Housing - Bodies -- fake or fact?

September 19 - 13, 2024 <<The Middle East doesn't need another war... Food for thought: Really? Well, if something (-one) will trigger it it'll be by the use of pagers as genocidal bombs i.e. another form of 'Zyklon B' as a weapon in Muslim-genocidal warfare. Read more below

September 17 - 16, 2024 <<Israel will become a 'pariah' over Gaza 'genocide', UN rights experts say United Nations rights rapporteurs also slammed the 'double standards' of countries that support Israel's devastating war on Gaza. and Food for thought: If you, dear reader, expect more reports about the genocidal killings of innocent children do not read further because you know the media is full of it. Still, knowing is not enough, civil action to stop it is needed! Speak out and scream no to the genocide. Gino d'Artali and still yes do find more killing reports and other actual news Click here to go throughout September and earler, 2024

Additional stories of utmost interest: August 28, 2024: <<Creating hope for Gaza's student doctors amid Israeli bombardment... August 20, 2024: <<Palestinians are being dehumanised to justify occupation and genocide... and August 18, 2024 <<Solidarity with Palestine must be about decolonisation, not just ceasefire...

June 14, 2024 Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Hiba Abu Taha sentenced to one year in prison

Related news: August 12, 2024 Israel's "blatant act of intimidation and incitement" August 2 - July 21, 2024 Is Western journalism as envisioned dead and other stories   Click here for earlier stories/news

May 23, 2024 In commemoration of Roshdi Sarraj and tribute to Shrouq Al Aila

 
When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.




BBC - September 19, 2024 - EDITORIAL
<<The Middle East doesn't need another war
By rejecting a ceasefire in Gaza, which would in also ease tensions with Lebanon-based Hezbollah, the Israeli prime minister appears to be seeking to expand the conflict regionally by any means necessary.The unconventional attacks in Lebanon on September 17 and 18 have left Hezbollah humiliated, disorganized and beleaguered. The attacks, attributed to Israel - who hasn't denied them - involved the explosions of basic communication devices like pagers and walkie-talkies. The Lebanese Shiite militia used these devices to protect themselves from Israeli network surveillance and strikes. The blasts killed around 30 people and injured thousands, overwhelming Lebanon's health system. These assassination attempts are clearly part of Israel's efforts to restore its deterrent capability, following its humiliating intelligence failure when the electronically-armored security fence around Gaza was breached on October 7, 2023. This fiasco paved the way for the worst massacre of civilians since the creation of Israel and the capture of 250 hostages, half of whom are still being held by Palestinian militiamen. However, these attacks raise a number of questions. The first is one of principle. The bombings in Gaza, which killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, were justified by the mere presence of Hamas militiamen, even in areas designated as safe by Israel. This has already raised this question. What has happened in Lebanon is accelerating the radical reevaluation of the rules of warfare, especially for democracies, which are expected to uphold certain standards during conflict.
Uncontrollable escalation
The distinction between civilian and military is at the heart of the issue. Those in charge of the operation had no guarantee that the explosions they were about to set off would actually reach the intended owners of the booby-trapped device, nor that innocent bystanders nearby wouldn't be harmed. Doesn't this approach resemble the very terrorism we claim to be fighting? The second concerns the tactical choices made by the Israeli prime minister, who in the preceding days appeared to be orchestrating the ousting of his defense minister. The latter is an outspoken supporter of a ceasefire in Gaza, which could facilitate the release of the remaining Israeli hostages. However, the far right, whose support is crucial to Israel's ruling coalition, is fiercely opposed to a ceasefire. By rejecting the ceasefire in Gaza that the US is unsuccessfully pushing for, which could also ease tensions with Hezbollah, Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be seeking to expand the conflict regionally by any means possible. Confident in his army's superiority, he also knows he can count on Washington's unstinting military support. Despite suffering from a growing number of targeted assassinations against its leaders by Israel, Hezbollah remains a leading non-state military power. Iran continues to support them despite Israeli provocations like the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this summer. So far, Hezbollah's actions have been measured, with the exception of the July strike that killed 12 Druze children and teenagers in Majdal Shams, on the Syrian Golan Heights, which was unilaterally annexed by Israel. To avoid an uncontrollable escalation, every effort must be made to spare the Middle East from yet another war.>>
Source:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/09/19/the-middle-east-doesn-t-need-another-war_6726612_23.html

Al Jazeera - September 19, 2024
<<NewsFeed
UN General Assembly overwhelmingly calls for end of Israeli occupation
This is what happened as the United Nations General Assembly voted to back a resolution calling for Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/19/un-general-assembly-overwhelmingly-calls-for-end-of-israeli-occupation-2

Al Jazeera - September 19, 2024
<<World reacts to UN vote calling on Israel to end Palestinian occupation
UNGA resolution, backed by 124 countries, makes it clear that occupation 'cannot be allowed to continue any longer'.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within a year and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance. UN member states passed the nonbinding resolution on Wednesday, with 124 votes in favour, 14 against and 43 abstentions, the Palestinian delegation heralding the adoption as "historic". The measure isolates Israel days before world leaders travel to New York for the UNGA, with six days of speeches from world leaders kicking off on September 24.
Here are some of the reactions to the vote from countries and international organisations:>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/19/world-reacts-to-un-vote-calling-on-israel-to-end-palestinian-occupation

Al Jazeera - September 19, 2024
<<Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel: Report
Germany faces mounting pressure from legal cases arguing that German weapons exports to Israel breach humanitarian law. Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to the Reuters news agency. A source close to the Ministry of Economy cited a senior government official as saying it had stopped work on approving export licences for arms to Israel due to legal and political pressure from legal cases arguing that such exports from Germany breached humanitarian law. The ministry has not responded to requests for comment. However, the German government did issue a statement after the Reuters story was published. <There is no German arms export boycott against Israel,> government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said.
Last year, Germany approved arms exports to Israel worth 326.5 million euros ($363.5m), including military equipment and war weapons, a 10-fold increase from 2022, according to data from the Economy Ministry, which approves export licences. However, approvals have dropped this year, with only 14.5 million euros worth ($16.1m) granted from January to August 21, according to data provided by the Economy Ministry in response to a parliamentary question. Of this, the weapons of war category accounted for only 32,449 euros ($36,016). In its defence of two cases, one before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and one in Berlin brought by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the government has said no weapons of war have been exported under any licence issued since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, apart from spares for long-term contracts, the source added.
Israel's assault on Gaza has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since October 7, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. It has also displaced most of the population of 2.3 million, caused a hunger crisis and led to genocide allegations at the World Court, which Israel denies.
No case challenging German arms exports to Israel has yet succeeded, including a case brought by Nicaragua at the ICJ.
Disagreement within government
But the issue has created friction within the government as the Chancellery maintains its support for Israel while the Greens-led economy and foreign ministries, sensitive to criticism from party members, have increasingly criticised the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Legal challenges across Europe have also led other allies of Israel to pause or suspend arms exports. The United Kingdom this month suspended 30 out of 350 licences for arms exports to Israel due to concerns that Israel could be violating international humanitarian law. In February, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to halt all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns about their use in attacks on civilian targets in Gaza.
President Joe Biden's administration this year paused - but then resumed - shipments of some bombs to Israel after US concerns about their use in densely populated areas in Gaza. Approvals and shipments of other types of weapons, in more precise systems, continued as US officials maintained that Israel needed the capacity to defend itself. Alexander Schwarz, a lawyer at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, which has filed five lawsuits against Berlin, suggested that the significant decline in approvals for 2024 indicated a genuine, though possibly temporary, reluctance to supply weapons to Israel. "However, I would not interpret this as a conscious change in policy," Schwarz added.
SOURCE: REUTERS>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/19/germany-has-stopped-approving-war-weapons-exports-to-israel-report

Al Jazeera - September 18, 2024 - By Ali Harb
<<Do Lebanon explosions violate the laws of war?
Experts say blasts potentially violate international humanitarian law, including ban on indiscriminate attacks.
Washington, DC - The explosions of wireless communication devices across Lebanon this week in a series of attacks widely believed to have been carried out by Israel likely constitute a breach of the laws of war, experts say. That includes the possible violation of prohibitions on indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, as the blasts have killed dozens of people and injured thousands more. "You're not supposed to booby-trap objects that civilians are likely to pick up and use, or objects generally associated with normal civilian use," said Sarah Leah Whitson, a lawyer and director of the US-based rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). "And this is exactly why we've seen the devastation that we're seeing in Lebanon," she told Al Jazeera. "Anybody could pick up one of these pagers. We also have no idea who had the pagers, or whether or not they're legitimate military targets." Pagers, walkie-talkies, cellphones and other devices that were apparently associated with members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah exploded in two waves of attacks across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hezbollah immediately blamed Israel for the attacks, but the Israeli military has yet to comment.
While many details of the blasts remain unclear, they caused devastation across Lebanon: At least 32 people have been killed, including two children and one medic, and more than 3,000 others have been injured. The series of simultaneous explosions also prompted scenes of panic in the country of more than five million people, with medical centres facing a flood of wounded patients and residents running out into the streets, terrified and confused.
'Inherently indiscriminate'
While Israel has not confirmed its involvement in the attacks this week, it typically argues that its military operations are justified as part of a fight against <terrorism>. Israel's supporters have celebrated the explosions in Lebanon, describing them as <precise>, but the blasts went off around civilians - at funerals and in residential buildings, grocery stores, and barber shops, among other places. International humanitarian law (IHL) – a set of rules spelled out in global treaties meant to protect non-combatants during armed conflict - prohibits attacks that "are not directed at a specific military objective". Whitson said the high casualties of the attacks demonstrate that booby-trapped devices are "inherently indiscriminate". "They're incapable of being directed at a specific military target, and it's very obvious from what we've seen and what was completely predictable that it would injure military targets and civilians without distinction," she told Al Jazeera. Whitson added that the explosions were a "deliberate decision on the part of Israel" to create chaos in Lebanon. "This is exactly why booby traps of ordinary civilian objects are illegal - because not only do they cause physical harm and injury, they cause psychological and emotional harm." Huwaida Arraf, a US-based human rights lawyer, echoed Whitson's remarks, saying that the explosions violated the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks as well as a ban on booby-trapping devices associated with civilian use.
That latter curb is laid out in the 1996 Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices - a UN treaty.
"It is prohibited to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material," the protocol states. According to Arraf, the only way the attacks could be considered lawful is if steps were taken to protect civilians and ensure that the blasts only hit legitimate military targets. But the devices exploded across Lebanon with no prior warning. "There are Israel apologists arguing that this was not an indiscriminate attack but rather very targeted," Arraf told Al Jazeera. "As we are learning, these bombs went off in supermarkets and other public spaces. If the target was Lebanese civilians at large, then sure. But this is no less unlawful and, in fact, meets the textbook definition of state terrorism."
While Hezbollah has a military wing that has been engaged in cross-border clashes with Israel since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October of last year, it is also a political group with affiliated organisations that provide social services. Some of the blasts struck members of Hezbollah who are not combatants, according to Lebanese media accounts. For example, Tuesday's attack killed a medic who worked at Al Rassoul Al Azam Hospital, which is linked to Hezbollah-associated charities. Arraf said civil servants are to be treated as civilians under IHL unless they are known to partake in military operations. "Would anyone suggest that all Israelis who are affiliated with one of the parties in Israel's government are legitimate targets?"
Proportionality
On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said that the restrictions on booby traps were designed to avert the kind of devastation Lebanon is experiencing from this week's explosions. "The use of an explosive device whose exact location could not be reliably known would be unlawfully indiscriminate, using a means of attack that could not be directed at a specific military target and as a result would strike military targets and civilians without distinction," Lama Fakih, the group's Middle East director, said in a statement. Fakih also called for an urgent, impartial investigation into the incidents. Craig Martin, a professor at Washburn University School of Law in the US, was less definitive in his assessment of the attacks. But he said that they potentially violated some provisions of IHL, including the principle of proportionality and the precaution to avoid harming civilians. Proportionality is the concept that any harm to civilians by a military action must not be excessive in relation to the "concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. If you don't know where each of these explosives are, and who - in fact - is going to be injured, it's hard to see how a very granular assessment of proportionality could have been undertaken, either collectively or in relation to each of these individual attacks," Martin told Al Jazeera. He added that it is unclear what the strategic objective of the attack is. Hezbollah continued its attacks on military bases in northern Israel on Wednesday and the blasts did not appear to have a major effect on its ability to operate. Beyond direct injuries and the terror that civilians across Lebanon experienced, Martin said the blasts' "foreseeable" effects on Lebanon's health system should also figure into discussions about their possible disproportionality. "The other harm - that absolutely is a concrete harm - that should be factored into the principle of proportionality analysis is the extent to which the attacks paralysed the emergency medical infrastructure of Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon," he said. "I'm guessing that further research will show that people who were not even injured in the attack suffered as a result of what was going on in the hospitals."
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/do-lebanon-explosions-violate-the-laws-of-war

Al Jazeera - September 18, 2024
<<NewsFeed
Israeli defence minister says war is moving to the north
Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant says the military is diverting resources to the north where the war's <centre of gravity> has shifted. Gallant made the comments at Israel's northern most airbase, amidst a spree of suspected Israeli attacks on telecommunication devices in Lebanon.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/18/israeli-defence-minister-says-war-is-moving-to-the-north

Al Jazeera - September 18, 2024
<<Escalation fears spike as Hezbollah vows retaliation for pager attack
Regional leaders warn the assault is driving the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.
Fears of escalation have spiked as Hezbollah promised retaliation against Israel which it blames for an attack in which pagers simultaneously exploded. In a statement on Wednesday, the Lebanese armed group warned that Israel awaits "a difficult reckoning" for the coordinated attack on Tuesday, which killed 12 people and injured more than 2,800 in Lebanon and in parts of Syria. The unprecedented cyberattack has revived fears that soaring tensions between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel could spiral into full-blown war. The indiscriminate attack, which Israel has not commented upon but appears certain to have been conducted by Israeli security services, and the rhetoric emerging from Tehran also raises once more concerns that Israel’s war on Gaza threatens to prompt a regional conflagration. Those worries have seen numerous global and regional states condemn the attack in Lebanon and call for calm, as Hezbollah said in a statement that it holds Israel "fully responsible" and that it will seek revenge. Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Iran-backed group which has also stressed that the attack will only increase its determination to press on with its operations against Israel to support Gaza, is due to deliver an address on Thursday. The Foreign Ministry in Iran, whose own ambassador was injured in the attack, accused Israel of "mass murder". President Masoud Pezeshkian pointed his finger at Israel's allies in the West. "The incident once again showed that western nations and Americans fully support crime, killings and blind assassinations by the Zionist regime," a statement on his website read. In Egypt to discuss the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire deal for Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied that Washington had prior knowledge of the attack and stressed the need to <avoid taking steps that could further escalate conflict>. Alongside him, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said that the attack would only see his country accelerate its efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.
Growing risk
The growing risk of escalation drew condemnation and calls for calm on Wednesday. Jordan's foreign minister warned that Israel is pushing the Middle East to the brink of regional war. "I can only condemn these attacks that endanger the security and stability of Lebanon, and increase the risk of escalation in the region," the European Union’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said. A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said: "It appears that the organisers of this high-tech attack deliberately sought to foment a large-scale armed confrontation in order to provoke a major war in the Middle East." Throughout the almost yearlong Gaza war, Hezbollah has engaged in a parallel conflict with Israel along its northern border, with the pair trading near-daily fire. The exchanges have killed hundreds of mostly fighters in Lebanon, and dozens including soldiers in Israel, while forcing tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border to flee their homes. Meanwhile, Israel has also carried out numerous presumed assassinations on Lebanese soil, including killing the group's top commander Fuad Shukr. Hours before its latest coordinated attack on Hezbollah, Israel announced it was broadening the aims of the Gaza war to include its fight against the group along its border. Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, told Al Jazeera that Israel may be sensing "a historic capability to decapitate [the group's] capabilities as the war in Gaza winds down. The jury is still out on what they really want, but I think the prospect that Israel wants escalation is higher now than it was earlier," he said. Concern has also been bubbling regarding the threat of an open conflict between Israel and Iran. The two have swapped limited air raids in recent months, while Tehran is yet to react to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital in July.
'Increase our resolve'
Despite suffering a heavy security blow, Hezbollah says it will not back down in its defence of the Palestinian cause. "What happened yesterday will increase our determination and resolve", the group said. The Lebanese government meanwhile gave indications that it is bracing for higher-intensity conflict. Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Lebanon's Health Minister Firass Abiad said "we have to be ready and alert" and spoke of the need to stockpile medicine and fuel. The attack shows Israel is "steering away from a diplomatic solution," Abiad said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/hezbollah-promises-reckoning-for-israel-after-pager-explosions


Aysenur Eygi
Al Jazeera - September 13, 2024 - By Ali Harb
<<'Light in any room': Friends hail Aysenur Eygi, US citizen killed by Israel
The American Turkish activist, fatally shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, is remembered as joyous, passionate and warm.
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi never saw an injustice that did not move her personally.
That's how friends remember the American Turkish activist, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last week. They say she was known for her empathy, joyous presence and drive to support oppressed people, no matter who or where they are. For many in Eygi's community in Seattle, Washington, Aysenur - pronounced Aysha-Nour - was a name synonymous with laughter and compassion. "She was a light in any room," Kelsie Nabass, a friend of Eygi, said. "She always had the biggest, brightest smile on her face. She was the friend in the room that would make jokes and little side comments and just make sure that the vibe was always fun. She was very warm and very, very inviting." Eygi was 26 years old. She had big dreams and wanted to attend graduate school to get a law degree. Her life was cut short when an Israeli soldier shot her in the head as she was attending a demonstration against an illegal settler outpost on September 6. Israel has acknowledged its forces <likely> fired the fatal bullet.
"She went there to witness the Palestinian people and their struggles," Nabass said. "She was committed to the liberation of the Palestinians, and I think that commitment was her driving force to be there in the first place." According to friends, Eygi has been attending protests throughout her life, going back to 2016 - when as a teenager, she joined activists at Standing Rock to reject an oil pipeline that posed a threat to Indigenous people's drinking water in North Dakota. "From a very young age, she has been a social justice warrior. She always fought against inequities," Nabass said.
"I know that the Palestinian people were very important to her because of the oppression that they've been facing for the last 75 years. And I know that she stood for the liberation of not just the Palestinian people, but the liberation of all people."
'Big sister energy'
Eygi was born in Turkey, but she grew up in Seattle on the US West Coast, where she attended the University of Washington (UW). Those who knew her say she had a remarkable ability to bring people together, creating a community around her hospitality, food and advocacy, especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Her killing has been felt deeply in the various social circles that she traversed and connected. Bitaniya Giday, a UW student, lamented that she will no longer be able to hear Eygi's stories and learn from her activism. "It's been a great tragedy," Giday told Al Jazeera. "I'm just deeply saddened by the fact that I will never get to know her better ... She had a deep network. In the larger community, we lost a comrade. We lost an advocate. We also lost a sister. And for me, I feel like I lost a mentor." Juliette Majid, another friend of Eygi, stressed that the activist cared for the rights of marginalised people in the US and across the world. "She wore her heart on her sleeve, and she was very caring," Majid said, adding that Eygi had "big sister energy". Eygi's dedication and easy-going nature were apparent even to those who knew her in passing, like Lubna Alzaroo. "She was just a very, very joyful person; that was my impression about her," Alzaroo, who only met Eygi once, told Al Jazeera. "She was just very kind, had really kind eyes and a very beautiful smile. She was very easy to talk to."
Calls for accountability
The Turkish American activist's friends say nothing will fill the void left by her absence or compensate for her loss. For accountability, they want the US government to heed her family’s call for an independent investigation into her killing. Earlier this week, the Israeli military said that Eygi was likely shot <indirectly and unintentionally>. After the Israeli assessment, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vice President Kamala Harris both called the killing "unacceptable", but they failed to back an independent probe. Moreover, the family has not heard from President Joe Biden, who customarily calls the relatives of US citizens killed abroad. "We have waited for President Biden to pick up the phone and do the right thing: to call us, offer his condolences, and let us know that he is ordering an independent investigation of the killing of Aysenur," Hamid Ali, Eygi's partner, said in a statement earlier this week. Majid, Eygi's friend, said she can only amplify the family's demands for an independent investigation. "She was a US citizen. She deserves this, and her family deserves justice, and that is what I want. I want the US government to take this seriously and to get justice for Aysenur and hold the guilty parties accountable," said Majid.
Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, and other officials appear to be using unusually direct language when criticising Israel for killing, but Giday said anything short of meeting the family's demands is "not enough". On Wednesday, US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Senator Patty Murray sent a letter to Biden and Blinken requesting "an immediate, transparent, credible, and thorough independent US investigation" led by the FBI.
Sixty-six Washington state legislators also made a similar demand in a joint statement this week.
In Ezgi Eygi's memory
The northwestern state has previously been through the pain of having a resident killed by the Israeli military: In 2003, activist Rachel Corrie was deliberately crushed and killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. While there was never any meaningful accountability for her death, Corrie - who was from Olympia, Washington - has become a symbol of Palestinian rights activism in the US. More than 20 years after her brutal killing, it is not uncommon to see Corrie's posters at Palestine solidarity demonstrations.
The memory of Eygi will also live on, her friends pledge.
"We will be talking about her forever. I know I will carry her memory forward until the day I die, whether I’m in Seattle or not. I will bring her memory in every space I enter. We'll always remember her," Giday said. But she struggled for words when she thought of her friend as someone who will be remembered but not physically present - like Corrie.
"I've heard about Rachel for a long time. It's hard to think of Aysha as a martyr as well right now," Giday told Al Jazeera.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/13/light-in-any-room-friends-hail-aysenur-eygi-us-citizen-killed-by-israel

BBC - Sept 13, 2024 - By Robert Greenall
<<UN calls for full inquiry into West Bank shooting
'I tried to stop the bleeding': West Bank shooting eyewitness
The United Nations has called for a "full investigation" into the killing of a US-Turkish woman in the occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday.
Local media reported that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead by Israeli forces as she took part in a weekly protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita near Nablus.>>
Read more here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l8rgz7rn4o

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