US Man in uniform sets himself on fire at gates to D.C.’s Israeli Embassy - Man in uniform unhappy with Jews

The Israeli Embassy in D.C., in 2016.

A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire midday Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in D.C., authorities said.

No one else was injured in the incident, which took place just before 1 p.m. in the 3500 block of International Drive NW. A video shared online, which multiple officials said appeared to be posted by the man, shows him shouting “Free Palestine” as he burned.

The man said he was an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force. A spokeswoman for the Air Force, Ann Stefanek, said they had not yet identified the man or verified whether he is in the service.

Since the Israel-Gaza war began just over four months ago, at least 29,629 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and says 240 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.

Hamas and allied fighters took more than 253 people hostage during the attack. More than 100 were freed in exchange for more than 200 Palestinian detainees during a November pause in fighting. Israeli authorities believe that more than 100 hostages remain in Gaza.

On Sunday, uniformed Secret Service officers responded to a report of a person experiencing a possible medical or mental health emergency, said Joe Routh, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman.

Responding officers put out the fire before D.C. firefighters arrived, around 1 p.m., fire department spokesman Vito Maggiolo said. The D.C. Fire and Emergency Services department then took the man to a hospital in life-threatening condition. He remained hospitalized Sunday afternoon.

In the video, which is just over three minutes long, one person can be heard saying, “Hi, sir, can I help you?” as the man approaches the gate to the embassy.

About 12 seconds later, as a person again asks, “Can I help you, sir,” the man lights the fire.

The man burned for about a minute and collapsed on the ground, the video showed, before law enforcement began to extinguish the fire.

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[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

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Oh, I think I figured it out. He must have read this evil book, which defiled and destroyed his mind. No wonder he burned himself alive. How many must die before Phoebe Waller Bridge is stopped?
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Seriously, he's got it bad.

This nigger is like every trope about terminally online leftists rolled into one. About the only thing we are missing is some sort of history of fucking/pegging/polyamory.

 

[Maverick Vile]

I love the retard pointing the gun at the smoldering, passed-out protester. Hey, Jason Bourne, even if he HAD a gun and wasn't currently incapacitated, all the bullets would've discharged by now due to the fire. Calm down.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

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I love the retard pointing the gun at the smoldering, passed-out protester. Hey, Jason Bourne, even if he HAD a gun and wasn't currently incapacitated, all the bullets would've discharged by now due to the fire. Calm down.

Oy vey

 

[TowinKarz]

If you ever feel useless, remember, the Embassy once hired a guy who handcuffed a charred skeleton.

 

[Mr Processor]

This nigger is like every trope about terminally online leftists rolled into one. About the only thing we are missing is some sort of history of fucking/pegging/polyamory.

Well, I think we only have this wonderful archive ( thank you for your service @Fake Steve Franssen ) but I think this is evidence pointing to being pro-cuckoldry.

 

[Unnecessary Surgery Land]

If you ever feel useless, remember, the Embassy once hired a guy who handcuffed a charred skeleton.

Easy there- he probably thought it was a necromancer's raised skeleton.
Granted, skeletons are usually the lowest on a necromancy skill tree but I wouldn't risk it myself.

 

[Hitman One]

Airman Extra Crispy should be given the Medal of Honor for the amount of lulz his death has provided in these dark times.

 

[Metatron]

That MGSV Volgin cosplay was pure fire.

 

[Maverick Vile]

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Oy vey

Well, I'm constantly hearing from press releases that our America's finest are frequently trained using IDF programs, so this behavior is unsurprising.

 

[ZazietheBeast]

Feel like it's kinda funny a guy set himself on fire just a few months ago in front of an Israeli consulate and almost no one remembers. This guy will also be forgotten pretty quickly as this kind of act of protest just doesn't stick with anyone anymore.

Sad but true. This also means if they want it to stick, it needs to be on a Christchurch level. Considering how much the media has been kvetching since they got that bloody nose on October.

Pretty sure once that happens, they'll really ramp up trying to recruit people to fight on behalf of Israel... never mind the fact that the meme "Die for Israel" is an insult and the youth can care less about that state except for the part they've been siphoning money from the US.

 

[FedPostalService]

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I love the retard pointing the gun at the smoldering, passed-out protester. Hey, Jason Bourne, even if he HAD a gun and wasn't currently incapacitated, all the bullets would've discharged by now due to the fire. Calm down.

I know it’s fun to meme but they’re trained to deal with people who explode themselves and not just burn themselves. If burn boy had ran at someone or looked like he was about to activate something if would have been two in the chest and one in the head.

 

[Unnecessary Surgery Land]

I went from feeling bad for the guy (he seemed genuinely retarded) to laughing really hard at the memes

There's footage of him burning himself that starts out HD but then he becomes pixelated when the fire begins and it fucking looks like how in Sims games when a Sim takes a shower or something they get all pixelated... and I've been really laughing hard at that.
If I had the energy I'd put screaming Sim sound effects with it and the diamond thing over his head going from green to yellow to red

Gallows humor is real

 

[Muttley]

imagine burning yourself alive for sand niggers who hate you, want your way of life destroyed, and want your lands paved over with Dar al Islam


good riddance

 

[eatler]

Let’s be real, he’s auditioning for the new rage against the machine cover. We all want to be famous somehow.

 

[Prj4MW8iPT3vmFM2rzDc]

Lots of friends are upset because this came up in conversation and I said, "I didn't care about neither Israel or Palestine before he set himself on fire and I still don't care after. Odds are most people are in my same exact position so he's likely to have convinced no one of anything."

 

[Snekposter]

I know it’s fun to meme but they’re trained to deal with people who explode themselves and not just burn themselves. If burn boy had ran at someone or looked like he was about to activate something if would have been two in the chest and one in the head.

Yep. Anyone crazy enough to set themselves on fire has good chances of being crazy enough to take other people with them.

And let's be honest here: the Israelis have definitely had to deal with more than their fair share of suicide attacks.

 

[DirtyDDisagrees]

Unless things have changed, acts like the immolation would not be considered to be in the line of duty. Doesn't happen often but does happen on occasion. I sure wouldn't call a self-serving suicide to be in the line of duty.

"in the line of duty" doesn't matter. it's never mattered. all that matters is "active duty" or not. I did military medical. when a marine drunkenly punches out a liquor store window he get medical care and it's covered, because he's active duty. doesn't matter if you get in a car accident while on leave, if you accidently stab yourself playing with a knife, or if you shoot yourself in the leg while fucking around with your personal firearm on leave(all things that happened while I was in), it doesn't matter what he was doing when he got hurt. he's not a veteran applying for a disability claim, he was an active duty service member so it gets covered

 

[Hooked on phobics]

I know it’s fun to meme but they’re trained to deal with people who explode themselves and not just burn themselves. If burn boy had ran at someone or looked like he was about to activate something if would have been two in the chest and one in the head.

I WOULD buy this, but by the time he got there to point the gun, he was collapsed, AND, presumably any bomb would of burned up / gone off by then.
This guy was just fucking retarded at best.
Even people around him say "we need fire extinguishers not guns!!!" because the guy is no more a threat than a greasefire in a firepit at that point. Just don't trip on them.

 

[Unnecessary Surgery Land]

Lots of friends are upset because this came up in conversation and I said, "I didn't care about neither Israel or Palestine before he set himself on fire and I still don't care after. Odds are most people are in my same exact position so he's likely to have convinced no one of anything."

I dunno, I'm in the same boat of not caring but if anything this just shows me how even having empathy towards those of Muslim faith can lead to extremist acts similar to that of Muslim terrorists.
I'm still on the 'fuck both sides' path, but... if anything Palestine definitely loses points over this.

 

[Prj4MW8iPT3vmFM2rzDc]

I dunno, I'm in the same boat of not caring but if anything this just shows me how even having empathy towards those of Muslim faith can lead to extremist acts similar to that of Muslim terrorists.
I'm still on the 'fuck both sides' path, but... if anything Palestine definitely loses points over this.

Compelling but in there will always be a war within my heart to determine whether I'm more anti Semitic or more Islamophobic. I fear its a battle that will never end.