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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  • @[email protected]
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    127 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.

  • 2ugly2live
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    57 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    47 days 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
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    47 days ago

    It’s unacceptable!

    Proceeds to accept it and keep going on as normal

  • @[email protected]
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    767 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    717 days 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    377 days 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

    • @[email protected]
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      7 days ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          57 days ago

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

        • @where_am_i
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          -87 days ago

          Trump stopped the war in Afghanistan and hasn’t started a single new one. Unlike Obama and Biden. I’m voting trump cuz I’m against genocide.

      • arefx
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        17 days ago

        Trump will only bend the knee even more

    • FuglyDuck
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      177 days 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
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    267 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    167 days 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?