{"id":2187874,"date":"2024-02-27T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-joins-us-leftists-in-hailing-airman-who-self-immolated-immortal-in-palestinian-memory\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T20:41:35","slug":"hamas-joins-us-leftists-in-hailing-airman-who-self-immolated-immortal-in-palestinian-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-joins-us-leftists-in-hailing-airman-who-self-immolated-immortal-in-palestinian-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas and US leftists praise self-immolating airman as &#8216;immortal&#8217; in Palestinian memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-joins-us-leftists-in-hailing-airman-who-self-immolated-immortal-in-palestinian-memory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2187874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hamas and Left-Wingers \u200bPraise\u2064 Airman&#8217;s Self-Immolation at Israeli Embassy<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u2064 Palestinian \u2062members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, \u2063the \u2064armed wing of the Hamas movement \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n  \u200d<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Hamas, along with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-claims-infrastructure-meeting-with-biden-was-productive-talks-are-on-track\/\" title=\"Sinema Claims Infrastructure Meeting With Biden Was \u2018Productive,\u2019 Talks Are \u2018On Track\u2019\">prominent left-wingers<\/a> in the United States, this week valorized an airman who lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., in protest of the Jewish state&#8217;s war in Gaza\u2014with the terror\u2062 group saying he would live &#8220;immortal&#8221; in \u200cPalestinian memory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The heroic pilot Aaron Bushnell will remain immortal \u200bin the memory of our Palestinian people and the\u2064 free people of the world, and \u200ca symbol\u2064 of the \u200bspirit of global human solidarity with our\u2064 people and their just cause,&#8221; Hamas said in a statement Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/2024\/2\/27\/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A\">according<\/a> to Al Jazeera&#8217;s Arabic news platform.<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell, a\u200d 25-year-old active-duty \u2062member of the United States Air Force, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/25\/politics\/man-sets-himself-on-fire-israeli-embassy-washington-dc\/index.html\">stood<\/a> \u200b outside\u200d the embassy on Sunday and\u200c declared\u2063 he could &#8220;no longer be complicit in genocide&#8221; before he poured \u2062a liquid on \u200bhimself and set it\u200c ablaze, video showed. \u200bHe yelled, &#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; before\u200c he\u200b collapsed and police attempted to \u200bdouse the flames. Emergency services then\u200c transported him to a\u2064 hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas \u200cadded in\u2062 its statement that \u200dPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2064 administration &#8220;bears full responsibility&#8221; for\u200d Bushnell&#8217;s death. The group also said Bushnell &#8220;gave his life to shed light on the Zionist massacres and ethnic cleansing \u2064against our people in the Gaza Strip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Hamas, a presenter on the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s official TV station made \u200csimilar \u200ccomments in a Tuesday broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that the American pilot Bushnell burned \u2063himself yesterday is nothing more than an expression of\u2063 the growing anger among the American people against government policy, and it comes\u2062 as\u2064 a defense of humanitarian values \u200b\u200band the justice of \u200bthe Palestinian issue,&#8221; the presenter \u2064said in a translation Palestinian \u2062Media Watch provided to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Hamas \u2062announcement, a number \u200bof leftists \u2063in the United States, including two\u200c third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democratic-heavyweights-are-rallying-behind-biden-campaign\/\" title=\"Prominent Democrats unite in support of Biden campaign\">-party presidential candidates<\/a>, \u2064appeared to praise Bushnell&#8217;s suicide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let us \u200dnever forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell who \u2063died for truth and justice,&#8221; independent candidate Cornel West <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CornelWest\/status\/1762218781299122653?s=20\">said<\/a> Monday on X.\u200d &#8220;I pray for his precious loved ones! Let us rededicate ourselves to genuine solidarity\u200c with Palestinians undergoing genocidal attacks in real\u2062 time!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green Party candidate Jill \u200cStein also took to X the same day to make a similar comment,\u200b attaching a picture of Bushnell in the act\u200d of self-immolation to her\u200d post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rest in power Aaron Bushnell,&#8221; \u200bStein <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrJillStein\/status\/1762140204821885426\">wrote<\/a>. &#8220;&#8216;I will \u200cno longer be complicit in genocide. Free Palestine!&#8217; May his \u200dsacrifice deepen our commitment to stop\u2064 genocide now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell&#8217;s self-immolation \u200dappears to be \u2062the\u2064 most severe act of protest in\u2064 the United States since the beginning of the Gaza war. Earlier this month, \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-pro-palestinian-protesters-block-dc-streets-chant-for-intifada\/\">protesters<\/a> \u200bblocked major roadways in D.C., \u200bchanting\u2062 such slogans as &#8220;Long live the intifada&#8221; and &#8220;Israel go to hell.&#8221; Demonstrators for the \u2063same cause also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-nyc-bridges\/\">blocked<\/a> bridges in \u200cNew York City on Jan. 8. That \u200dsame day, hecklers <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-pro-palestinian-hecklers-shout-down-biden-during-speech\/\">shouted<\/a> down Biden during a speech at a black church in South Carolina, calling on him to support a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200c have Senator Bernie Sanders and\u200c Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed their views on the act of self-immolation by Aaron Bushnell while also expressing sympathy for the Palestinian cause?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Palestinian\u200d cause,&#8221; the presenter\u200c said, according to a translation by Palestinian Media Watch.<\/p>\n<p>While Hamas\u2064 and the Palestinian Authority\u200d praised Bushnell&#8217;s act, it also garnered support from some\u200c left-wing activists and\u200c organizations in the United States. In a \u2063statement, the American Muslim Alliance hailed\u200d Bushnell as a &#8220;brave hero&#8221;\u200d and condemned the Israeli government for its actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand in solidarity with\u200b the Palestinian people and\u2064 their legitimate struggle for \u2063freedom and \u200cjustice,&#8221; the statement \u2062read.\u200c &#8220;The self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell is a tragic reminder of the urgency to address the ongoing violence and\u2062 oppression faced by \u200bPalestinians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the progressive organization Jewish Voice for Peace issued a statement expressing \u2064&#8221;deep\u200b sadness and outrage&#8221;\u200b over Bushnell&#8217;s death, while also criticizing the Israeli government&#8217;s policies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We mourn for Aaron Bushnell and all those who \u200bhave lost their lives\u200c in the struggle for justice and freedom,&#8221; the statement said.\u200c &#8220;We call\u2063 on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its human rights \u2062abuses and to support \u200bthe Palestinian people in their\u2064 struggle for liberation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, not \u2063everyone on the left \u200dpraised Bushnell&#8217;s act. Several prominent voices, including Senator Bernie \u200cSanders and Representative Alexandria \u200cOcasio-Cortez, condemned the act of self-immolation while also expressing sympathy for the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we must condemn all acts of violence, it is important to acknowledge the deep frustration and despair that lead individuals \u2064to such desperate actions,&#8221; Sanders said in a tweet. &#8220;The situation in Gaza is dire, and we must work towards a just and peaceful resolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez echoed similar sentiments, \u2062tweeting, &#8220;Acts of self-harm are rooted in deep\u200d pain and desperation. We must \u200baddress the\u200d underlying causes of the conflict in Gaza and work towards a just and \u200blasting solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell \u2062has sparked a heated debate\u200d and highlighted the deep divides within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-protesters-bust-barricade-around-rochester-police-station-block-road-following-incident-with-9-year-old\/\" title=\"BLM Protesters Bust Barricade Around Rochester Police Station, Block Road Following Incident With 9-Year-Old\">left-wing movement<\/a> regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While some view it as a desperate act \u2064against perceived injustice, others condemn it as \u2062an act of violence that does\u200d not \u2062contribute to finding a\u200d peaceful resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless \u200dof one&#8217;s opinion on \u2063this specific incident, it \u200dis clear that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict \u2063continues to be a contentious issue\u200c that elicits\u2063 strong emotions and diverse reactions. Finding \u2064a path towards peace and justice for all parties involved\u2064 remains a\u2063 significant challenge that requires open dialogue, empathy, and a commitment to understanding each other&#8217;s perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u2064    \u2064 Palestinian \u2062members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, \u2063the \u2064armed wing of the Hamas movement \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas&#8217; armed wing, and certain US leftists praised an airman who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. 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