(video from raw clips by Ford Fischer)

(more video, from two Palestine-focussed journalists)

On the 26th of February, DC area pro-Palestine activists descended by the hundreds on the Israeli Embassy. They were there to remember Aaron Bushnell, the US Air Force servicemember to set himself on fire, saying “I will no longer be complicit in genocide.”

At least one Israeli flag was burned while Aaron’s words were repeated, at which point chants rose of “if we burn, you burn with us!” Someone said “This is in solidarity with Aaron, who burned his body. At the very least, we can burn the Zionist flag.”

One protester confronted Secret Service cops for standing on the exact spot where Aaron Burnell stood as he delivered his famous last words.

At one point in the protest, even the slogan “we won’t hide, we won’t cower, take up guns and sieze their power” was used! I think the message of the week is “No more crap, no more talk, no more half measures.” Just whatever it takes to shut down a genocide.