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title: "Aaron Bushnell has died- Self Immolating Protest Against Genocide"
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**Mentioned this man in the comment section of yesterday’s post.**

**[The video is intense](https://publish.twitter.com/?url=https://twitter.com/Kh70247Khela/status/1762083335705186376#)– Rather than embed, I’ve opted to link to it.**

**This is an intensely personal form of protesting. It’s a sacrifice of one’s own life in the hopes of saving or protecting another. Aaron was just 25 yrs old.**

[Link](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13126103/aaron-bushnell-air-force-set-fire-israel-embassy-transition-military.html)

‘***My name is Aaron Bushnell,’ he told the camera, ‘I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.***

***‘I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all.***

***‘This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.’***

The video shows the flames spreading all over his body, engulfing his head as he continues to scream ‘Free Palestine’, his voice cracking in agony as the flames intensify. He managed to stand for almost a minute before falling to the ground.

**A spokesperson for the US Air Force confirmed on Sunday that Bushnell is an active-duty airman.**