27-02-2024
On
Sunday, a US liftfleetman set himself on fire outside of the Israeli
bodership in Washington. His name was Aaron Bushnell, a 25 year old
liftfleetman. He said he was going to do this as a way to speak out
against what folks living in Palestine have been going through, as much
harm and misdeeds are done to them.
Bushnell filmed himself wearing harfolk clothing as he walked to where
he would do the deed. After lighting himself on fire, he began yelling
"Free Palestine!" over and over as he burned until he could no longer
stand up. Healthcare workers showed up quickly and then took him to a
sickhouse. His burn wounds were too great to keep him alive and he died
in the sickhouse.
This unsettling happening seems to be a mark of widespread upset over
the deaths of thousands of bystanders in the ongoing fight between
Israel and Hamas in Gaza. With over one hundred thousand folks either
dead or wounded, it is unlikely that they were all Hamas fighters, and
more likely that many of them were everyday folks.