US Air Force soldier sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in DC
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A man in US military fatigues set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC on Sunday, in protest of what he called a “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza.
The protester was identified on Sunday by the independent journalist Talia Jane as Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty service member of the US Air Force, who, from a public LinkedIn profile, appeared to work in the service’s IT department.
Late Sunday night, Jane reported that Bushnell had succumbed to the wounds sustained in the self-immolation.
A video posted by the journalist showed Bushnell identifying himself before lighting himself ablaze.
“I am an active duty member of the US Air Force,” he said, “and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people in Palestine have been experiencing at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all.
