On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old serviceman of the United States Air Force, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. Immediately before the act, which was live-streamed on Twitch, Bushnell said that he was protesting against “what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers” and declared that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide”, after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire.
Shortly before the Biden Terror Pier in Gaza was announced, which would go on to provide zero aid to Palestinians despite docking in Gaza for 6 months, and helped facilitate the murder of 200 Palestinian civilians in the Nusseirat Massacre.
He was likely aware of preparation for the operation, which drove him to this protest. God rest his soul.
poster by @krime_1 on Instagram. I have a print on my wall to remember him every single day. If even a slither of his courage lives on with me I will die a lion ❤️