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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.”

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, they also left off the incredibly tone deaf statements from the consul… in reference to the security guard and highest value being the sanctity of life; and how self immolation was done out of hate for Jews…

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a source or what findings confirmed it was self immolation due to religious persecution?

Aside from Israel gov't sources, they tend to push for religious persecution at any chance they get, similar to AIPAC (Zionist, Foreign lobby group in the US).

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/protester-self-immolates-outside-israeli-consulate-atlanta-2023-12-01/

"We are saddened to learn of the self-immolation at the entrance to the office building," the consul general of Israel to the southeastern U.S., Anat Sultan-Dadon, told ABC News. "It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way. The sanctity of life is our highest value."

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/9029514 was the original post with it. from that article:

In a statement, the consul general of Israel to the south-east US, Anat Sultan-Dadon, said that the diplomatic mission is "saddened to learn of the self-immolation at the entrance to the office building".

"It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way," she added.
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"The sanctity of life is our highest value. Our prayers are with the security officer who was injured while trying to prevent this tragic act".

I'm not saying that it was religious persecution- it was done in protest of the war in Gaza, and one almost never sets oneself on fire because you hate somebody else... like usually it's in extreme protest to violence... not something done out of hatred at all.

was just pointing out that the statement- the incredibly tone deaf statement- was dropped from the PBS article.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you for taking the time to clarify!

It was my fault for misunderstanding your original statement!

Have a great day!