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Active Duty Soldier Set himself on Fire DC Israeli Embassy

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A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire midday Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in D.C., authorities said. No one else was injured in the incident, which took place just before 1 p.m. in the 3500 block of International Drive NW. A video shared online, which multiple officials said appeared to be posted by the man, shows him shouting “Free Palestine” as he burned. The man said he was an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force. A spokeswoman for the Air Force, Ann Stefanek, said they had not yet identified the man or verified whether he is in the service. On Sunday, uniformed Secret Service officers responded to a report of a person experiencing a possible medical or mental health emergency, said Joe Routh, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman. Responding officers put out the fire before D.C. firefighters arrived, around 1 p.m., fire department spokesman Vito Maggiolo said. The D.C. Fire and Emergency Services department then took the man to a hospital in life-threatening condition. He remained hospitalized Sunday afternoon. In the video, which is just over three minutes long, one person can be heard saying, “Hi sir, can I help you?” as the man approaches the gate to the embassy. About 12 seconds later, as a person again asks, “Can I help you sir,” the man lights the fire. The man burned for about a minute and collapsed on the ground, the video showed, before law enforcement began to extinguish the fire. Authorities on Sunday afternoon said they were still investigating. Since the Israel-Gaza war began just over four months ago, at least 29,629 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and says 240 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza. Hamas and allied fighters took more than 253 people hostage. More than 100 were freed in exchange for more than 200 Palestinian detainees during a November pause in fighting. Israeli authorities believe that more than 100 hostages remain in Gaza.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-02-25/man-sets-himself-on-fire-israel-embassy-13117583.html
Source - Stars and Stripes
 
I guess he didn't see the news about the temporary cease fire/hostage-prisoner swap agreement.
 
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'I Will No Longer Be Complicit in Genocide': U.S. Airman 'Self-Immolates Outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Feb. 25, 2024

An active duty member of the US Air Force reportedly self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC on Sunday after stating that "I will no longer be complicit in genocide." ...

..."The man was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition," The New York Times reported.

(more) https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64311
 
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I'll take "That was a shi tty day for $500"

When you set yourself on fire because you didn't get the ceasefire memo.
 
I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” he says calmly, walking down a street. “But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
 
I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” he says calmly, walking down a street. “But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

That is messed up as was his thinking. He could have set himself on fire inside the Kinesset (sp) and it wouldn't change a damn thing. Nor will any Palestinian suffering be relieved by this crime against himself. Very sad.
 
Damn dude, spare yourself.

Channel that energy, there's plenty of scumbags who deserve a good kick up the ass.
 
I don't think I could ever give enough of a damn about Israel or Palestine to do something like this.
 
Media should not be refering to this as "protest" but as mental illness - some warped need to be viewed as a hero or champion or savior. Was he fantacizing about how he'd be portrayed historically? This was a suicide. A large number of young leftists have been brainwashed into viewing themselves in this self-hating/destructive role.
 
Media should not be refering to this as "protest" but as mental illness - some warped need to be viewed as a hero or champion or savior. Was he fantacizing about how he'd be portrayed historically? This was a suicide. A large number of young leftists have been brainwashed into viewing themselves in this self-hating/destructive role.

Approximately 20% of them are on mental health drugs, the other 80% are untreated. Not that the treatment wouldn't probably just make the problem the worse.
 
Media should not be refering to this as "protest" but as mental illness - some warped need to be viewed as a hero or champion or savior. Was he fantacizing about how he'd be portrayed historically? This was a suicide. A large number of young leftists have been brainwashed into viewing themselves in this self-hating/destructive role.

There are historical precedents. Self-immolation is the most extreme form of protest but it is an established one.
 
Israel had lost hearts & minds battle

Old man Rothschild probably knew this too
 
:eek:

https://twitter.com/RAZ0RFIST/status/1762172879523959293
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There are historical precedents. Self-immolation is the most extreme form of protest but it is an established one.

I think the argument is that it's a deranged form of protest. He could have done anything else, including fighting as a mercenary for Palestine as an extreme form of protest, but he lit himself on fire instead. He might be Air Force, but he's not a rocket scientist.
 
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