Bushnell self-immolation; The voice of the oppression of Gaza from the heart of the American army

International Group Tasnim News – The death of a US Air Force officer who died Sunday afternoon, 25 In February (6th March) American time, he set himself on fire in front of the Zionist embassy in Washington in protest of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza war. It has become one of the hottest topics in the world and the suffering of the people of Gaza has been exposed to everyone in the most obvious way.

This incident happened on Sunday evening local time, and the officers took 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell to the hospital. But the media announced hours later, quoting an American official, that he died. “I will no longer be an accomplice to genocide,” the man, dressed in military uniform, said in remarks broadcast online. Bushnell then poured a clear liquid on himself and set himself on fire shouting “Free Palestine”.

He wrote on his Facebook page hours before self-immolation: Let’s ask: “What would I have done if I had lived during slavery?” Or Jim Crow laws? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country committed genocide? The answer is, you do it. Right now.”

The last words Bushnell uttered were: “I am about to commit an extreme act of protest. But compared to what the people in Palestine have experienced at the hands of their colonizers, it is not an extreme measure at all. This is what our ruling class has decided is normal.”

Bushnell’s Impulses to Selfless Action

After Bushnell’s death, demonstrators at his death site They gathered and honored his memory. One of the protesters told TART channel: “He is a martyr like other Palestinians.” Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Your courage will not be forgotten. The Palestinian people thank you.” Another ex-army member said: “As an ex-army member, I feel the same way he does about witnessing genocide.”

Another woman said: “I was deeply moved by this incident, that a young man took his own life to get his message across to the president.” Another protester said: “He is a very brave man. And it was deeply moral that he was trying to awaken the conscience of our society, and I hope that millions of Americans will now support him. Last December, a woman set herself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta in protest of America’s support for Israel in the Gaza war, but she survived the incident and was hospitalized. The identity of this 61-year-old woman, who is also a former member of the army, has not been announced. rel=”nofollow”> The conversation with TART predicts that the action of this American pilot will spread the spirit of resistance against the Gaza war to the army. “I don’t think this is the last member of our military who is resisting,” he said. I think there are a lot of Aarons out there in the military. Who is going to be their voice? Who is going to stop this process from getting worse?”

“Bernie Sanders”, a Democratic member of the US Senate, also reacted to this act in an interview with Newsweek and said: “This is a terrible tragedy. , but I think it speaks to the depth of despair that many people feel right now about the terrible humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, and I share that deep concern. Children are dying of hunger. People are dying – 29,000 Palestinians have died, two-thirds of them women and children. The United States needs to stand up to Netanyahu and make sure this doesn’t continue.” Sanders also said, when asked by Newsweek how the international community views the move, “We increasingly have We become isolated. The international community knows what America is doing is a humanitarian disaster.” He added: “This is a terrible thing, and we are still one of the few countries in the world that stand by Israel, and I I think this is a huge mistake. And as you may know, I am doing everything I can to make sure that the United States government does not send financial resources to Netanyahu to continue this war. they remembered May El Sadani, a human rights lawyer, wrote in his user account in this regard on X?: “Totally heartbreaking. I hope that the memory of 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell will be a good cause. The hope is that his sacrifice will be a call to action among those who are able to do something, and a serious warning to those who avoid changing course.

Aya Hijazi, a political activist in America, also wrote: “He is a hero and a martyr.” The hope that his death is not in vain and the hope that it will be a wake-up call to witness the end of the genocide and the beginning of a free Palestine. Rest in peace, Aaron Bushnell.”

Journalist Caitlin Johnston also wrote on her X account: “I feel disturbed and disturbed that I don’t think anything of what happened to Bushnell. It’s an event that should shake the world to see the reality of what’s happening.”

While stressing that he would not advise anyone else to do what Bushnell did, he added: “This is an event. To be thrown out of the brainwashed and confused confusion of the ruined western city and look at Gaza.” Diab Abu Jahjaj, a media activist, also wrote: “Bushnell’s memory will be cherished. His work, as he himself said, was extreme, but it was his outstanding message that mattered. His sacrifice is now a part of the Palestinian people’s sacrifices in the fight for honor.”

Bushnell’s death and the reactions to it can be seen as another sign of Israel’s apparent cruelty to the people of Gaza. This cruelty, which American politicians and the international community turn a blind eye to, is now so obvious that the American army has protested against it.

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