A security guard who attempted to intervene was also injured in the incident and taken to hospital.
In a statement, the consul general of Israel to the southeast US, Anata 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”
Anyone else caught off guard by this utterly tone deaf statement?
Hurting others is an act of hate. Setting yourself on fire is an act of desperation and hopelessness. It’s disrespectful to suggest otherwise.
I’m at a total loss. There has been such a concerted effort to paint any resistance to the Gaza genocide as anti-Israel or antisemitic. Its honestly hard to tell if these types of people are totally delusional or if they’re doing it intentionally.
It’s 100% intentional because the government and military of Israel want to be viewed as synonymous with Jewish people. Its their justification for calling anti Israel sentiments anti-Semitic.
Zionism is antisemitic and has been since the beginning
Totally agree. Ethno states are bad and they’re bad for the ethnic group as well.
It is possible to hate both the Israeli government and Hamas while simultaneously supporting Jews and Palestinians. This is not a black and white issue. When you cage and oppress people, you make violence inevitable. And so even though I deplore the violence of Hamas, I can’t help but see Israel as bearing a large share is the responsibility as the party who holds all of the non-violent power (and most of the violent power, but that’s beside the point).
Perfectly reasonable take.
Israel is intentionlly misusing the term antisemitism to defend their ethnostate project
That has been their modus operandi for a long time though, and they usually get away with it.
Equating antisemitism (race) with anti-zionism (ideology) is their favourite strategy.
Also:
“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 sure all the dead Gazans are glad to know the sanctity of their lives are important.
“It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way”
This is Trump-like narcissism.
Anyone else caught off guard by this utterly tone deaf statement?
Nope.
And then they followed it up with this nonsense:
“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”.
That just sounds sarcastic. Cunts.
Obviously Palestinians aren’t life then, or he’s lying through his teeth
Not at all. Western news outlets have always also been tone-deaf about the genocides and mass killings their countries perpetuate.
No, this is par for the course for Israel.
Not caught off guard at all, they don’t see anyone from or defending Palestine as people.
“It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way,” she added. “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 must be misunderstanding this quote, because uhhh….
If the quote makes it sound like they’re horrific piece of shit then you read it right
Dude I read that part a few times… The person delivering this quote isn’t interpreting self-immolation the same way (as an act of protest to highlight atrocities), like, at all…
Immolation is extremely painful.
what the fuck
