The Palestinian Authority holds a funeral procession for an American activist who a witness says was shot and killed by Israeli forces. The shooting occurred last week following a demonstration against settlements in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of mourners — including several leading officials of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority — attended the procession for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old from Seattle who also held Turkish citizenship. Eygi's body was draped in a Palestinian flag and her face was covered with a traditional black-and-white checkered scarf as security forces carried her. Turkey's foreign ministry says it is working on repatriating her body. Israel says it is conducting an investigation into Eygi's death.
A groups that monitors settlements in the West Bank says Israel has budgeted millions of dollars to protect and support the growth of small, unofficial Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied territory. Documents uncovered by Peace Now illustrate how Israel's pro-settler government has quietly poured money into the unauthorized outposts, some of which have been linked to violence against Palestinians and have been sanctioned by the U.S. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is headed by a far-right settler leader, has confirmed it budgeted over $20 million last year for security equipment for unauthorized Jewish farms and outposts. The money was quietly authorized in December while the country's attention was focused on the war against Hamas.
