A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured.
A Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference.
He added that investigators did not believe there was any connection to terrorism and none of the consular staff was ever in danger.
“We do not see any threat here,” he said. “We believe it was an act of extreme political protest that occurred.”
I predict Bibi will be fired, North Gaza will be annexed, and hopefully both Likud and Hamas will be replaced by leadership more likely to agree on viable peace terms.
This may be their last chance to make peace because demographic shift in Israel is leading to more right-wing fundies in the country who don’t want any peace or compromise at all.
I hope your predictions come to pass… This has been going on for far too long.
But I’m a kiwi, and its probably my privilege that I cannot fathom how two peoples (religions?) cannot coexist together peacefully. That just blows my mind, but we’ve never been invaded or really even had to go to war properly (we help a bit here and there, but I don’t think there was ever a real requirement - I could be wrong here?)