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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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[-] Rom@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

I'm all for shitting on lib media, but please verify claims before repeating them. NPR updated their article over 10 hours ago to report on his motivations.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240226200612/https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233810136/fire-man-israeli-embassy-washington

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