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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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[–] Dex@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

but it’s very telling that this will assuredly get almost no coverage on big news networks like abc, cbs, fox, etc.

ABC News - Active-duty airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, Air Force confirms

CBS News - U.S. Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., in apparent protest against war in Gaza

Fox News - US service member sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in DC

and virtually no coverage in the larger papers like the NYT

New York Times - A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the police said.

[–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

"gee why did he set himself on fire? must just be something people do"

it's laughable how US media attributes self-immolation in Tibet to what must be CPC oppression, but self-immolation in the US must just be a cute little coincidence due to poor mental health

[–] tree@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago

you managed so thoroughly to miss the point I was making, I'm impressed