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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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[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago

How unacceptable are we talking about? Enough to withhold the supply of weapons? Or just, like, totally unacceptable?

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 33 points 2 months ago

"why is there surviving witnesses?" unacceptable.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 months ago

Finger wagging levels

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago

Then fucking do something about it. If you need your unsinkable aircraft carrier to enforce the petrodollar you shouldn't have it in the first place.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

And yet Biden will do nothing to curb the war crimes, even though he has the power to do so. Joe Biden is complicit

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Neither will Harris, should she be elected. The Wolfowitz doctrine is alive and well.

[-] Stety@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Trump will make sure they kill all the Palestinian Americans

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'm sure Netanyahu has already promised him some prime beachfront real estate in return for just that

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Trump will only bend the knee even more

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Totally unacceptable but an accident so don't expect anything to change.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

“the USS Linertybwas just an accident, too. They didn’t mean it. Chill out bro. It’s all just a joke, bro.”

-Netanyahu, maybe.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago

Biden: killing Americans in the west bank is totally unacceptable....but we will accept it.

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Something tells me, that he is going to totally accept it anyway...

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

Ok yeah it's bad, that's a start. Now let's work on all the other killing the IDF is doing. Or does it just matter when the victims are American or Israeli?

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It doesnt matter that the victim was American.

All being the wrong kinda of American did was elicit some empty words.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Rachel Corrie was the "right kind of American" and she still got no justice.

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

She most definitely was not 'the right kind of american.

"American activist" is not the kind of american the government wants.

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Now if we could just get him to give the tiniest of shits about all the innocent Palestinians being murdered.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Ah yes, totally unacceptable but there's just nothing we could possibly do to let Israel know how displeased we are. Nothing at all. Definitely no weapons shipments we could stop or Israeli units we could sanction.

[-] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

"unacceptable" I do not think this word means what you think it means...

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Biden calls IDF’s killing of American in West Bank ‘totally ~~un~~Acceptable’

FTFY

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

"Listen here, if you don't stop the genocide, I'm going to be really upset with you! 😠" - Biden

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So it's unacceptable when a person born in X country, but people born in Y country; I'll approve it.

It's fucking bullshit. The entire situation there is unacceptable!!

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

It’s unacceptable!

Proceeds to accept it and keep going on as normal

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Oh NOW he thinks they've gone too far.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Well no, he didn't say that

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

That took long enough.

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