Friend,

She was 26 years old. She recently graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle.

She was like millions of our daughters and nieces and sisters – her whole life ahead of her. But now Aysenur Eygi is dead – murdered by Israel today in the West Bank.

I am sickened. I am heartbroken. I am disgusted and outraged. And you should be, too.

Today the Israeli Occupation Forces brutally murdered Aysenur – an American citizen and a peace activist protesting settlements in the West Bank.

Israeli forces shot her in the head. Deliberately. Just as they did Shireen Abu Akleh two years ago.

Mainstream media is already working overtime to whitewash this crime.

They’ve described Aysenur as a “Turkish-American” or “American-Turkish” in an obvious attempt to downplay her identity as a full American citizen (not that her citizenship should matter ... but to our policymakers and the public, it does).

They’ve called it “a shooting” stating that “an activist was killed” without describing how she died – or by whose hand.

This is important. Do not look away. This is what witnesses had to say:

Just after graduation this year, Aysenur joined a group of activists with the International Solidarity Movement, going directly to the heart of danger to hold the line as a peace activist against illegal Israeli “settlements” in the West Bank.

That’s where she was today when, unprovoked, IDF soldiers murdered her in cold blood with a killshot directly to the head.

Biden administration officials like Anthony Blinken can wring their hands and cluck their tongues and “condemn” the horrific violence playing out every single day against Palestinians and peace activists in every part of Palestine (NOT just Gaza).

But those protestations ring hollow when the same people shaking their heads with regret and dismay are rubber-stamping the latest billion-dollar-arms shipment to the murderers pointing the gun.

Aysenur Eygi was a brilliant young woman who dedicated her life to the service of others. As a fresh graduate she could have been chasing the career of her dreams. But she chose to hold the line for Palestine.

In February of this year, following the death of three American soldiers in Jordan at the suspected hands of Iranian-backed proxy rebels, Joe Biden forcefully declared: “If you harm an American, we will respond."

Well Joe. They murdered an American today. Will you finally stop arming the murderers?

The truth is Biden won’t seek justice for Aysenur because he knows that ultimately, he is responsible. By arming this fascist, murderous, apartheid regime and giving them unrestricted political cover, he may as well have loaded the gun.

Aysenur will not rest until we end our support for this violent regime.

As your president, I will terminate all arms transfers and military aid to Israel on DAY ONE of my administration. I will impose an arms embargo until the Israeli government joins the peace process as a legitimate partner and an honest broker. And I will support international arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his cabinet of thugs.

Biden called Israel’s planned assault on Rafah a “red line.” Israel ignored the United States, ignored the international community, and invaded Rafah with a devastating military assault. And nothing happened.

Now they’ve murdered an American citizen – and still nothing is happening.

It ends with us.

In solidarity,

Jill