The killing of Ayşenur Eygi
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Ayşenur Eygi, an American-Turkish peace activist in the occupied West Bank, was shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces earlier this month. Her name joins the list of American activists and journalists killed by Israeli forces over the past two decades. What does her death mean for the fight for accountability from Israel and from the US?
In this episode:
- Mariam Dag, Volunteer, International Solidarity Movement
- Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh (@ameer) Friend of Ayşenur Eygi
- Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker), Political Correspondent and Columnist, Zeteo News
- Cindy Corrie (@rcfoundation), Mother of Rachel Corrie
- Craig Corrie (@rcfoundation), Father of Rachel Corrie
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker and Shraddha Joshi with Duha Mosaad, Ashish Malhotra and our host, Natasha Del Toro.
The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Hisham Abu Salah, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Phillip Lanos, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Shraddha Joshi, and Tamara Khandaker.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, another American peace activist killed by the Israeli military. |
| 0:16.0 | 26-year-old Esri-Eznius is the third activist from the International Solidarity Movement group |
| 0:21.9 | to be killed by Israel in two decades. |
| 0:25.7 | Israel says her death was an accident, something they've said before, why her family and |
| 0:31.0 | those of other Americans killed by Israel are demanding an independent investigation. |
| 0:42.1 | I'm Natasha D'Oro, and this is The Take. |
| 0:53.2 | I met her here in Palestine, and she only had arrived a few days before. |
| 0:57.5 | Friday was our first day in the field together. |
| 0:59.8 | This is Miriam Dag. |
| 1:01.3 | Merriam is a pseudonym. |
| 1:04.3 | She's asked us not to reveal her name for her safety. |
| 1:08.0 | She's a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, |
| 1:12.6 | a Palestinian-led group that works with activists from abroad to protest Israeli military actions in Gaza and in the West Bank. |
| 1:16.4 | Aishinur had just started as one of their international volunteers. |
| 1:21.1 | She was really keen and looking forward to start supporting families and communities that are |
| 1:26.6 | under threat of ethnic cleansing and |
| 1:28.9 | attacks from settler and harassment from the army. On Friday, September 6, a small group of |
| 1:36.3 | ISM activists had planned to join a demonstration against a settlement expansion in the town of Beda, |
| 1:42.6 | south of Nablus. Aishnor joined them. |
| 1:46.0 | They arrived and sat in a garden on a hill facing the outpost. |
| 1:52.0 | As we reached the garden, there was already army, Israeli army, outside the garden on the side of the settlement, |
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