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

submitted 4 months ago by Alsephina@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] axont@hexbear.net 62 points 4 months ago

The pigs shouting "ON THE GROUND" to a person who is actively burning to death have got to be the finest example of cop brain. Everything's a threat.

I kind of wish this troop would have done something like sabotage or leaked Intel like Chelsea Manning, but I'm also not gonna deny the bravery involved. Free Palestine. Death to America.

[-] ULS@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

https://archive.org/download/rpreplay-final-1708967255/rpreplay-final-1708967255.thumbs/RPReplay_Final1708967255_000186.jpg

Aiming his gun at disintegrated body.

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Americans don't deserve death any more than Palestinians; people are people all over. Liberation for everyone.

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's sloppy rhetoric if this is what he means but he said America not Americans. A lot of people feel 'America' - as it currently exists - could do to die a 'death'.