Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a human rights activist, was protesting an illegal West Bank settlement when she was reportedly shot in the head by Israeli soldiers.
  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    Will the U.S. Ever Respond?

    I don’t know, why don’t we try asking Rachel Corrie.

    Oh wait, she’s been dead for over twenty years and the US still hasn’t made a stink about her being killed by Israeli occupiers who were literally in the process of stealing Palestinian land.

    Further, as others have pointed out, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi isn’t even as lucky as Rachel Corrie to have a white sounding name that US citizens might give a shit about. Meaning it’s even more likely that Eygi’s story will get brushed under the rug and forgotten.

  • xenoclast@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    People’s lives are nothing compared to the profits made in wars. Israel is a a huge military partner, both provider and buyer.

    So, no. They’re never going to respond in any real way.

    I think the US should consider changing the slogan on their dollar to “Profits over People”

    But write it on latin so it sounds cool.

    • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      2 months ago

      “Frūctūs super populō” (edit: or “hūmānīs” given that this is “people” (plural) instead of “the people” (singular))

      (no idea if this correct, I just used Wiktionary and have very little knowledge of Latin)

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    They already “responded” in exactly the way you’d expect:

    The White House said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killing of a U.S. citizen and called on Israel to investigate what happened.

    The leadership of both parties treat the fascist apartheid regime exactly like they treat American fascists in uniform (cops, in case there was any doubt) murdering people.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    Here is the question that I’ll pose for debate:

    Is a US citizen protected by the US armed forces if they chose to enter an active warzone as a non-combatant without the consent of the US government?

    Please explain your answer.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      2 months ago

      West Bank isn’t an active war zone

      The USA allows you to visit anywhere you want, and they maintain a travel advisory list for every country. Both Israel and the West Bank are listed as “High Security Risk”, not “Do Not Travel”. You can still visit “Do Not Travel” places at mostly your own risk.

      The reason given for the advisory is “terrorism and civil unrest”. Nowhere in their explanation does it say you will be actively shot at by the acting “defense” force or police.

      Hell considering the circumstances, it’s probably better to avoid run ins with the IDF, which is the opposite of what the advisory says to do lol.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      Is a US citizen protected by the US armed forces if they chose to enter an active warzone as a non-combatant without the consent of the US government?

      Doesn’t fucking matter. The US doesn’t look at national government forces killing American civilians neutrally in any circumstance - except, it seems, in the case of Israel. This isn’t some paramilitary or rebel group that killed an American civilian. This is literally the security forces of an ‘ally’.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    7·
    2 months ago

    We WILL! We’re going to send them 1 LESS AMMO FOR THEIR GUNS! Let THAT be a Lesson Israel!

  • leadore@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    I dunno, considering we didn’t do anything to Saudi Arabia after they killed 3000 of us in our own country I’ll guess not. (edit: fix word order)