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

submitted 10 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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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 79 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've created a torrent for the video if anyone wants to help seed. His sacrifice in bringing attention to the US-sponsored genocide in Palestine must not be forgotten.

[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago

Noticed that the MSM is barely touching the story or if they are, with little contextual detail. Am I the only one who has noticed this?

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago

No you are not, NPR mysteriously has no idea what motivated this man who was shouting his motivation

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 12 points 10 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

[-] SummerIsTooWarm@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm currently sitting behind closed ports and cannot find any peers when I try to torrent it. I'll try again at home tomorrow shy

[-] linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Don't bother seeding it, it's a censored version. I don't know if the person who made the torrent added the blur or not, but it seems pointless to preserve it like this.