"To a degree never seen before, Israel is killing entire Palestinian families." There are "at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed โ sometimes four generations from the same bloodline โ in bombings between October & December." https://t.co/N1fBaCpsjX
As a Palestinian Christian I was shot at, tear-gassed and threatened by Israeli soldiers when I lived in the West Bank. Israeli citizens would refuse to engage when I said I was Palestinian. They donโt discriminate against us based on religion, they want us all dead.
Why did he do it?
Four major news outlets have almost the exact same headline for the self-immolation of 25-year old Aaron Bushnell. Not one of them mentions the words โGazaโ or โgenocide,โ the reason for Aaronโs protest, or the word โPalestine,โ his last words spoken.
If Aaron Bushnell had destroyed his life fighting a war, on behalf of the empire, heโd be unquestionably celebrated as a hero. Instead he destroyed his life exposing the moral rot at the heart of empire, and our complicity in its cruelties. Thatโs why his memory will be attacked.