US Air Force Officer Sets Himself on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy, Shouting "Free Palestine"
Washington DC: In an incident which occured on Sunday afternoon, an American Air Force officer set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The officer is currently hospitalized in critical condition.
Times of India has reported that the officer arrived near the Israeli embassy at around 1 am and started a live stream on Twitch.
He then doused himself with fuel and set himself on fire, stating, “I will no longer continue to be a part of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I am going to take extreme action as part of the protest,” while shouting “Free Palestine.”
The disturbing video has been deleted from the Twitch platform.
He sustained severe burn injuries and was rescued by the US Secret Service, DC Fire, and EMS.
The Israeli Embassy issued a statement saying, "A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.”
The identity of the officer has not been released, but he is based in Texas, as per his LinkedIn profile.
US officials have not commented on the incident.
The death toll in Gaza continues to rise as Israeli forces continue their attacks. These attacks have resulted in numerous casualties, including civilians, raising concerns about the humanitarian crisis in the region sparking protests across the world against Israel's alleged genocide of Palestinian people.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
