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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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[-] 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

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