ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will submit proof about Israel’s killing of a Turkish-American lady within the West Financial institution this month to the United Nations Safety Council, Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) and the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC), its justice minister stated on Monday.
CONTEXT
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed on Sept. 6 as she took half in a protest towards settlement enlargement within the West Financial institution amid the conflict in Gaza.
Israel has acknowledged that its troops shot the activist, however says it was an unintentional act throughout an indication that turned violent.
Israel’s Western allies have been angered by surging settler assaults on Palestinians within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, a part of historic Palestine which Palestinians need for an impartial state. The conflict in Gaza has additionally elevated tensions within the area.
Turkey has opened an investigation into Eygi’s killing and can request worldwide arrest warrants, Ankara stated this month, whereas President Tayyip Erdogan stated Turkey would go to the ICJ over the matter.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Eygi’s killing has added pressure to ties between Israel and its foremost ally the US, which has been angered by the surge of assaults on Palestinians within the West Financial institution and demanded a swift investigation into the incident.
Washington has stated that Eygi’s killing was unacceptable and that Israel should guarantee such an occasion by no means occurs once more.
Israel’s preliminary findings on the killing don’t exonerate its safety forces, the US stated, warning that it might take into account different measures if it’s not glad with the outcomes of a full Israeli probe.
KEY QUOTES
“We’ll each deliver Aysenur’s studies to the United Nations Safety Council’s agenda, and submit our sister Aysenur’s studies and proof to the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, the place the genocide case is constant,” Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc advised reporters.
“We may also submit Aysenur’s proof to the continuing investigation about Israeli aggressors on the Worldwide Legal Courtroom,” he added, with out giving a timeline.