Her presence in our lives was taken needlessly, unlawfully, and violently by the Israeli military,
Given the circumstances of Ayşenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate,
Ayşenur was more than 200 metres away from where the Israeli soldiers were and there were no confrontations there at all in the minutes before she was shot,
Both were killed by the same bullets ... The same bullets,
We call out the international community to stop the insane war on Palestine. Bullets do not differentiate between activists and a Palestinian child,
If they leave [an inquiry] to the Israeli military, it will go on for weeks and months and then it will be forgotten, like the many cases before this,
A US citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed,
A sniper fired from a building – one or two shots – and they targeted and murdered Aysenur,
It is unfortunate but it is not unprecedented
We have learned with deep regret that our citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi has been killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Nablus, West Bank,
We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a U.S. citizen and to ensure full accountability for the guilty parties,
We deplore this tragic loss,
She felt a deep responsibility to serve others and lived a life of caring for those in need with action. She was a fiercely passionate human rights activist her whole life-a steadfast and staunch advocate of justice,
I begged her not to go, but she had this deep conviction that she wanted to participate in the tradition of bearing witness to the oppression of people and their dignified resilience,
She was an instrumental part of … protesting the university’s ties to Boeing and Israel and spearheading negotiations with the UW administration,
She was very critical of US foreign policy and white supremacy in the US, and Israel was no exception.”
She was so easy to talk to and truly an embodiment of the meaning of her name, Ayşenur, which is ‘life and light’. She was just an incredibly beautiful person and good friend and the world is a worse place without her.”
I had no idea she would then be inspired to take on a similar experience,
I thought, worst-case scenario, she’d come back losing a limb. I had no idea she’d be coming back wrapped in a shroud,
Her communities were made better by her life and her death leaves hearts breaking around the world today.”