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Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond? (theintercept.com)
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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.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240907232759/https://theintercept.com/2024/09/06/american-shot-israel-military-eygi-west-bank/

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2024%2F09%2F06%2Famerican-shot-israel-military-eygi-west-bank%2F

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[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

No.

This country doesn't value human life beyond its usefulness during an election year.

Like children. Oh they love the children don't they? They go on and on about "the children". But you see how they respond to massacres in schools almost weekly. With thoughts and prayers.

Or the unborn babies. Gotta put an end to abortion cuz "every life is precious" or some bullshit. But where is the money for early childhood education, govt subsidized daycare, food programs like WIC, etc? Those get cut to pay for billionaire tax cuts or imperialism spending.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget support the troops... Until they return home that is.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And a lot of people misinterpret “Born in the USA” as a patriotic song.

EDIT: If you don’t know and didn’t want to spend a few seconds using Google, it is about American veterans who served in Vietnam, returning home, and not having a very prosperous livelihood.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks.

[–] nixx@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

George Carlin nailed it as always.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

This country doesn't value human life beyond its usefulness during an election year.

Don't worry, they're working on that, too

[–] bkuri@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

They probably will respond. With billions of dollars in weapon contracts.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

They actually like it. Top brass gets off to the idea of American lives being jammed down the drain. Specifically the drain with a garbage disposal above it.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Will the US military or commander in chief worry about an anti-war activist dying? Pull the other one.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

You mean the TURKISH American of TURKISH origin whose ethnically TURKISH? Why yes, I've heard of the TURKISH American who happened to die when nearby forces happened to open fire, on the TURKISH American of TURKISH ethnicity who TURKISH TURKISH TURKISH

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Of course they will and have responded. The response naturally being, how could Hamas be so violent as to force the poor IDF snipers to do this?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Is this the liberal cucking I’ve been told so much about?

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I assume they advice their citizens to not go there.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago

They do. Due to terrorism. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/IsraeltheWestBankandGaza.html

It's good to see you acknowledge that IDF is a terrorist organization.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Go where? She went to Beita, a Palestinian town where residents there invited her; you know who wasn't supposed to be in this Palestinian town? The IDF