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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    29 days ago

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

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    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.

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

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

      -Netanyahu, maybe.

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

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    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?

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      It doesnt matter that the victim was American.

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

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

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

          “American activist” is not the kind of american the government wants.

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

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    28 days 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.

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    28 days ago

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

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    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!!