WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – The family of a Turkish-born American human rights activist killed by the Zionist regime in the Occupied West Bank pleaded with Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, for a U.S. probe into her killing but got no promises, the woman’s husband said, Reuters reports.
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead on 6 September as she took part in a protest march in the town of Beita against illegal Zionist settlement expansion in the West Bank.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with the top U.S. diplomat, Hamid Ali said Blinken gave no assurances that Washington would carry out its own investigation but urged Eygi’s relatives to wait for the Zionist regime to finish its inquiry.
“He was very deferential to the Israelis,” Ali said. “It felt like he was saying his hands were tied and they weren’t able to really do much.”
Neither the U.S. nor the Zionist regime has said when the Israeli investigation might be completed, Ali added.
The regime has acknowledged its troops shot Eygi, but says it was an unintentional act during a demonstration that turned violent. Her family believes she was targeted as an activist.
Although Washington has criticized Eygi’s killing and a surge of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank as the Zionist regime wages war on Palestinians in Gaza, the U.S. has announced no major policy change toward the regime.
The International Court of Justice and most countries say the Zionist regime’s occupation of Palestinian Territories and expansion of settlements in the West Bank are illegal. The occupying regime denies this, citing historical and biblical ties to the area.