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

submitted 8 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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 8 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.