Aksi bakar diri Aaron Bushnell: Perbedaan antara revisi

Bushnell dibesarkan di [[Orleans, Massachusetts]], di kompleks [[Komunitas Yesus]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Simons|first=Raoul|date=February 27, 2024|title=US airman who killed himself outside Israeli Embassy was anarchist from religious sect|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/02/27/us-airman-aaron-bushnell-israeli-embassy-washington-church/ |access-date=February 27, 2024|work=The Telegraph|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Beliau memulai karirnya di [[Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat]] (USAF) pada Mei 2020, setelah menyelesaikan Pelatihan Dasar & Teknis. Dia dilatih sebagai Teknisi Sistem Klien, dan telah dididik di bidang [[Keamanan komputer|keamanan siber]]. Dia kemudian bekerja sebagai insinyur [[DevOps]] USAF di [[San Antonio, Texas]], dan sedang mengejar gelar sarjana di bidang rekayasa perangkat lunak dari [[Universitas Southern New Hampshire]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name="time">{{cite magazine|last=Guzman|first=Chad de|date=February 25, 2024|title=U.S. Air Force Member Sets Self on Fire Outside Israel's Embassy in D.C. to Protest War in Gaza|url=https://time.com/6821425/israel-embassy-air-force-protest-fire-self-immolation-aaron-bushnell-latest-updates/ |access-date=February 26, 2024|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226053631/https://time.com/6821425/israel-embassy-air-force-protest-fire-self-immolation-aaron-bushnell-latest-updates/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Seorang teman Bushnell menggambarkannya sebagai "anak kecil yang paling baik hati, paling lembut, paling konyol" yang terus-menerus berjuang untuk "kebebasan bagi semua orang dengan senyuman di wajahnya".<ref name=":1">{{cite news|last=Norton|first=Tom|date=February 26, 2024|title=Aaron Bushnell death report reveals police call about 'mental distress'|url=https://www.newsweek.com/aaron-bushnell-death-report-reveals-police-call-about-mental-distress-1873386 |access-date=February 26, 2024|work=Newsweek}}</ref>

Bushnell bukanlah orang pertama di AS yang menggunakan aksi bakar diri untuk memprotes Israel atas krisis kemanusiaan Palestina.<ref name="time 2024 0226 history">{{Citation|url=https://time.com/6835364/self-immolation-history-israel-hamas-war/|first1=Solcyré|last1=Burga|first2=Simmone|last2=Shah|title=The History of Self-Immolation as Political Protest|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=February 26, 2024|access-date=February 27, 2024|language=en}}</ref> Pada tanggal 1 Desember 2023, seseorang, yang identitasnya tidak diungkapkan oleh otoritas Atlanta, melakukan protes melalui bakar diri di luar konsulat Israel di Atlanta, [[Georgia (negara bagian)|Georgia]], yang mengakibatkan pengunjuk rasa mengalami luka kritis.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://apnews.com/article/israeli-consulate-self-immolation-atlanta-protester-8f17dd72592f86797a45cda9b60605a5|title=Protester critically injured after setting self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 2, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2024|language=en}}</ref>