US President Biden claimed to be “outraged” and “deeply saddened” by Israel’s murder of International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteer Aysenur Eygi last Friday, but his actions, said the ISM, tell a very different story. He is being “hypocritical”, the movement insisted, for trying to change the focus to Israeli settlers, given that it was an Israeli soldier who killed Aysenur with weapons likely provided by his own administration. Moreover, while Biden described the shooting as “unacceptable”, he is refusing the family’s demand for an independent, transparent investigation and continuing to trust those responsible for the murder to investigate themselves. “Aysenur’s family and the ISM are clear that we have no confidence in any Israeli investigation, given the Israeli army’s longstanding […]
