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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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[-] doingless@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

He's definitely white from the video but they probably want to scrub his social media history before they release his name.

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I saw he was an anarchist? Not much info that I saw but yeah I could see him having a hard time in the military. I was an anarchist when I was younger too.

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