Israel’s military has said it was highly likely its troops fired the shot that killed Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the American-Turkish woman killed at a protest in the occupied West Bank.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said her death was unintentional and expressed deep regret.

The statement came as Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, called the killing of the 26-year-old last week “unprovoked and unjustified”.

Speaking on a diplomatic visit to London, Blinken told journalists that Eygi’s death showed the Israeli security forces needed to make fundamental changes to their rules of engagement.

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    3 months ago

    I asked who stands a chance.

    The people who collect the most corporate PAC money, obviously. So these are the only people it is reasonable to support.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      False. PAC money can’t overcome first past the post and the Electoral college. Even if we gave a third party candidate 100% of the pack money. They wouldn’t win. Because of how the system works.

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        3 months ago

        Parties have changed in the past. It’s not impossible. We used to have a Whig party, for example.

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          But there have always largely been two main parties. The system of the Electoral College and first pass the post have always seen to that. The names change. But the internals look a lot more I like them people would like to admit.