Editor’s note: Bernhard leads with a feeling of helplessness when it comes to Israel’s official policy of genocide of Gazans and Palestinians of which we fully concur. Humanity is witnessing a country whose citizens most recent memories are of ethnic cleansing and genocide of their own ancestors. Yet these same citizens fully support genocide of Gazans. We’re left with only one question – how did Israeli’s become what they have been taught their entire lives to fear and loathe?
by Bernhard at Moon of Alabama
Like many readers here I feel helpless about the ongoing genocide against Palestinians committed by U.S. supported Zionist settlers in the West Bank and Gaza. I can not even find the right words to express myself about it.
Others are more consequential. And powerful. Disgust about the cruelty imposed on Palestinians can induce the utmost will to change things.
U.S. Air Force Member Sets Self on Fire Outside Israel’s Embassy in D.C. to Protest War in Gaza – Time, Feb 25 2024
An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, in apparent protest of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which he described as a “genocide.”
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The burn victim, who identified himself in video of the incident as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, reportedly succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night, according to independent journalist Talia Jane, who posted on social media that she is in contact with Bushnell’s family and friends.
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