US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War - News18
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A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday. He live streamed the self-immolation action on Twitch where he captured himself standing outside the gates of the Israeli embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
    58·
    9 months ago

    Fucking Christ my hearts beating so fast. Goddamn i didn’t want to see that but i watched it cus i thought i owed it to him… Goddamnit.

    And also shout out to the “hero” pointing his gun at his smouldering corpse as if it will lunge at him any moment.

    Goddamnit

    • s1gtrap@lemmy.ml
      8·
      9 months ago

      At least one of them went “I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers!”

    • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
      4·
      9 months ago

      I read about this and saw the censored version last night. I nearly threw up seeing the uncensored version now. I feel similar to you.

      And to all the shitheads on twitter downplaying this as “glorifying mental illness,” fuck the lot of them.