On November 11, pro-Palestine activists held a memoriaL for Aarun Bushnell, the US Airman who set himself on fire to protest US complicity in Israel’s carpet bombing of and genocide in Gaza.

Over the century in which wars have been fought in the air many airmen have died in flames. Only one from the US Air Force died fighting for Palestine though: Aaron Bushnell.

This was not the first time US servicemembers died because of something Israel did however. A number of US Navy sailors were killed at the start of the 1967 war when Israel bombed the electronic intelligence gathering ship USS Liberty. The 2024 vigil in Orlando remembered them too.

The 11th of November is Veteran’s Day, originally called Armistice Day as it marked the end of WWI. It is a day set aside in the US to remember those who served in the US military or especially were wounded or killed in America’s many wars.

Video came to me the day after, I was busy with hurricane repairs so was unable to attend this in person.