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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)

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“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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[–] livus@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@Maeve i
He died. It's actually not as uncommon as you'd think.

Quite a few US Americans in this list of political self immolations.

[–] MajikalMonkey2000@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Thank you for sharing this list, we should probably be more aware of the sacrifice these people have made. The vast majority of the Americans have done it for honorable causes.