President Joe Biden issued a statement on Wednesday saying he is “outraged and deeply saddened by the death of Aysenur Eygi.” The 26-year-old Turkish American activist was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier during a protest last Friday in the West Bank. Palestinians and anti-occupation activists held a funeral procession for Eygi in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. Biden said Israel needs to take “full accountability” for the incident. The World’s Marco Werman has the latest.
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