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Watch: US journalist sets himself on fire at pro-Palestinian protest

A CBS News photojournalist, Samuel Mena, set himself on fire at a pro-Palestinian rally near the White House on Saturday in protest of media coverage of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

In a blog post published before the incident, Mena criticised the media for spreading “misinformation” and downplaying the civilian toll in Gaza.

Video footage from the protest shows Mena igniting his left arm before bystanders and police intervened, using water and a Palestinian keffiyeh to extinguish the flames. Witnesses reported Mena shouting, “We spread the misinformation” and “I’m a journalist and I said it was okay.”

Mena, a photojournalist with CBS affiliate KTVK/KPHO in Arizona, was not on duty at the time, and the network has since stated that he will be dismissed for violating its objectivity and neutrality policies. In his blog, Mena expressed frustration with having to frame the Gaza conflict as a battle between Israel and Hamas, emphasizing the civilian casualties, particularly children, that have resulted from the violence.

“To the ten thousand children in Gaza that have lost a limb in this conflict, I give my left arm to you,” Mena wrote in his post.

His injuries were described as minor, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. The protest took place almost a year after a similar self-immolation by an Air Force member, Aaron Bushnell, outside the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., where he protested U.S. support for Israel.

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  1. What good will it do anyone if you cannot effect change when in the hospital with third degree burns?
    Class action lawsuits should be filed in the U.S. charging Israel with war crimes, and the J3wi$h / Israeli businesses immediately boycotted, as the imposed, illegal and UN-Constitutional ‘Agreement not to Boycott Israel’ ignored and the Federal, State & Local Governments also sued for Constitutional Rights violations demanding the same.
    Where are the MGAG Republican who are just sitting around doing NOTHING to stop Israel’s exploitations, corruptions and war crimes??? At least those who are NOT speaking out; those will NOT be voted back into office!!!!!
    Now we have another storm (Hurricane Milton) which went from a Cat 2 to a Cat 5 in THREE HOURS!!!
    It’s heading for another Red Republican State (that being Florida), where 200+ MPH winds are forecasted.
    Another Geo-Engineered storm….weaponised to destroy the General Election, just like in North Carolina.
    https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/violent-hurricane-175-mph-sustained-winds
    https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/flash-update-important-hurricane-milton-went-from-category-2-to-a-category-5-hurricane-in-3-hours
    https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/evacuation-highly-recommended-hurricane-milton-already-category-3
    IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES, FRIENDS, ETC.LIVING IN FLORIDA, URGE THEM TO GET OUT NOW. if they can access absentee ballots or vote early in their counties, do so ASAP before the storm hits!

    • You’re talking a load of rubbish. Israel is defending itself from terrorists. Stop being a left wing defender of terrorism. I applaud what Israel is doing to defend itself – and us – from Islamist terrorism.

  2. A Thích Quảng Đức he is not. Not even close.

    BTW, there’s no such thing as a “Palestinian keffiyeh” – because there’s no such place as Palestine. It is a Balfour invention.

  3. This is not even close to being journalism, this is just some idiot staging a photo-op so he can get likes, or clicks or retweets or whatever he thinks he needs to keep his career going. Anyone who is dumb enough to hurt themselves on purpose in the name of a cause is just proving they have mental issues, hurting yourself wont help anyone else.

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