On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old serviceman of the United States Air Force, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to the live-streamed act, Bushnell said that he was protesting against “what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers” and declared that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide”, after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire. As he burned, Bushnell repeatedly shouted “Free Palestine!” while one Secret Service officer pointed a gun at him and two others attempted to extinguish him. Prior to the incident, Bushnell reached out to media outlets, articulating his intent to protest against the Palestinian genocide. The event prompted heightened security measures, including a bomb disposal unit inspection, though no hazardous materials were found.
2024年2月25日，25岁的美国空军军人亚伦·布什内尔在华盛顿特区以色列大使馆大门外自焚身亡。就在现场直播之前，布什内尔表示，他抗议“巴勒斯坦人民在殖民者手中所经历的一切”并宣布他“将不再参与种族灭绝”，之后他用易燃液体浇自己并自焚。当他被烧死时，布什内尔反复呼喊“解放巴勒斯坦！”而一名特勤局官员用枪指着他，另外两人试图扑灭他。事件发生前，布什内尔联系了媒体，表达了他抗议巴勒斯坦种族灭绝的意图。这一事件促使加强了安全措施，包括对拆弹单位进行检查，但没有发现危险材料。
The act was live-streamed on Twitch. The Metropolitan Police Department responded to assist the United States Secret Service after Bushnell set himself on fire, and he was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. He was declared dead in the evening. Bushnell’s act was the second self-immolation protesting against the United States’ support for Israel in its recent engagements in Gaza, which have killed over 30,000 Palestinians and resulted in a major humanitarian crisis, at an Israeli diplomatic station in the United States; another protestor set herself on fire at the country’s Atlanta consulate in December 2023.
这场演出在Twitch上进行了直播。布什内尔自焚后，大都会警察局做出回应，协助美国特勤局，他被送往当地医院，情况危急。他在晚上被宣布死亡。布什内尔的行为是第二次在以色列驻美国外交站自焚，抗议美国最近在加沙的行动中对以色列的支持，这场行动已造成30000多名巴勒斯坦人死亡，并导致重大人道主义危机；2023年12月，另一名抗议者在该国亚特兰大领事馆自焚。
Donning military attire, Bushnell recorded himself shouting ‘Free Palestine’ before immolating himself, claiming the Israeli actions in Gaza is a “genocide”. Despite swift intervention by the Secret Service, Bushnell later died. The Air Force’s 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing said Bushnell was a cyber defence operations specialist. Bushnell served with the 531st Intelligence Support Squadron, it said. Bushnell, originally from San Antonio, Texas, was raised in Massachusetts and went to public schools on the Cape Cod peninsula, according to a BBC report. The Nauset Public School system confirmed in a statement that he was a pupil in its system from 2003 to 2007, and from 2013 to 2014. According to his LinkedIn profile, Bushnell was also an “aspiring software engineer” who had worked for a San Antonio-based company called DevOps from March 2023 until this month. On his Facebook page, Bushnell at 10:54 a.m. Sunday posted a link to a “Free Palestine” channel on Twitch.TV that has since been taken down. Just before that he posted what appeared to be a call to action. “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘what would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’” the post read. “The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.” news agency NBC reported.
布什内尔身穿军装，记录了自己在自焚前大喊“解放巴勒斯坦”的情景，声称以色列在加沙的行动是“种族灭绝”。尽管特勤局迅速介入，布什内尔后来还是去世了。空军第70情报、监视和侦察联队表示，布什内尔是一名网络防御作战专家。报道称，布什内尔曾在第531情报支援中队服役。据英国广播公司报道，布什内尔原籍德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，在马萨诸塞州长大，曾就读于科德角半岛的公立学校。Nauset公立学校系统在一份声明中证实，他在2003年至2007年和2013年至2014年期间都是该系统的学生。根据他在LinkedIn上的个人资料，Bushnell也是一名“有抱负的软件工程师”，从2023年3月到本月，他一直在圣安东尼奥一家名为DevOps的公司工作。周日上午10点54分，布什内尔在他的脸书主页上发布了一个Twitch上“自由巴勒斯坦”频道的链接。后来被拆除的电视。就在那之前，他发布了一条行动呼吁。帖子写道：“我们中的许多人喜欢问自己，‘如果我还活着，我会怎么办？或者南方的吉姆·克劳？或者种族隔离？如果我的国家正在实施种族灭绝，我会做什么？’”。据美国全国广播公司报道，“答案是，你正在做。现在就做。”。
In December, a woman set herself on fire outside the Israeli Consulate General building in Atlanta. A Palestinian flag was recovered from the scene and police described the incident as an “extreme political protest.” There have been worldwide protests against Israel ever since it invaded.
12月，一名妇女在亚特兰大的以色列总领事馆大楼外自焚。从现场找到了一面巴勒斯坦国旗，警方将这起事件描述为“极端政治抗议”。自以色列入侵以来，世界各地都发生了反对以色列的抗议活动。
It proved a turning point in Israeli aggression against Gaza. While whole world was asking for immediate ceasefire and stopping genocide in Gaza, even many protests and agitations were happening in America, but, the US kept on vetoing the UN resolution for immediate ceasefire and stopping Genocide in Gaza, for three times consecutively. Contrarily, the US has been consistently supplying weapons and ammunitions to Israel. American Troops has been deployed in Israel to support genocide in Gaza. American political and diplomatic support has enabled Israel to commit genocide in Gaza. It is a clear case of holocaust.
事实证明，这是以色列侵略加沙的转折点。当全世界都在要求立即停火并停止加沙种族灭绝时，甚至美国也发生了许多抗议和煽动，但美国连续三次否决联合国关于立即停火并阻止加沙种族灭绝的决议。相反，美国一直在向以色列提供武器弹药。美国军队已经部署在以色列，以支持加沙的种族灭绝。美国的政治和外交支持使以色列得以在加沙实施种族灭绝。这是一个明显的大屠杀案例。
But with the Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell, President Biden has changed his mind and convinced to stop Genocide in Gaza. It is the first time since October 7, 2023 that the President Biden has used the word “ceasefire”, previously he was talking only release of Israeli hostages and pause in war for facilitation of release of Israeli hostages. He was avoiding and opposing the word “ceasefire”.
但随着亚伦·布什内尔的自焚，拜登总统改变了主意，说服他停止在加沙的种族灭绝。这是自2023年10月7日以来，拜登总统首次使用“停火”一词，此前他只谈论释放以色列人质和暂停战争以促进释放以色列人质。他回避并反对“停火”一词。
President in a recent meeting with Qatari and Italian leadership has used a word “sustainable ceasefire”. It seems, it is Hero Aaron Bushnell who changed President Biden’s mindset. It is hoped that a ceasefire may be implemented soon and avoid any further loose of precious human lives in Gaza.
总统在最近与卡塔尔和意大利领导人的会晤中使用了“可持续停火”一词。似乎是英雄亚伦·布什内尔改变了拜登总统的心态。希望停火能够尽快实施，避免加沙宝贵的生命进一步流失。
Israeli troops fired on a crowd of starving Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, according to health officials. Israel said many of the dead were trampled in a chaotic stampede for the food aid and that its troops only fired when they felt endangered by the crowd.
目击者称，以色列军队周四在加沙城向一群饥饿的巴勒斯坦人开枪，这些巴勒斯坦人正争先恐后地从援助车队中提取食物。据卫生官员称，100多人在混乱中丧生，使以色列-哈马斯战争开始以来的死亡人数超过3万人。以色列表示，许多死者在争夺粮食援助的混乱踩踏中被踩踏，以色列军队只有在感到受到人群威胁时才开枪。
The violence was quickly condemned by Arab countries, and U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern it would add to the difficulty of negotiating a cease-fire in the nearly five-month conflict. Israel has surpassed all the records of human rights violations and clearly committing genocide.
暴力事件很快受到阿拉伯国家的谴责，美国总统乔·拜登表示担心，这将增加近五个月冲突中停火谈判的难度。以色列已经超越了所有侵犯人权和明显实施种族灭绝的记录。
It is urged that an immediate ceasefire and end of war permanently must be announced. A sovereign and independent sustainable & viable state of Palestine must be declared from River to Sea. UN peace keeping troops must be deployed immediately to protect from Israel aggression. The Peace Keeping Force must be a reliable and responsible, should not repeat the experience of Dutch Peace keepers in Bosnia, which allowed and facilitated the Genocide of Muslims in Bosnia by Serbs deliberately. Israel must be held responsible for war crimes and impose penalty. The reconstruction of Palestine must through penalty imposed on Israel.
敦促立即宣布停火和永久结束战争。从河流到海洋，必须宣布一个主权独立、可持续和可行的巴勒斯坦国。联合国维和部队必须立即部署，以保护其免受以色列的侵略。维持和平部队必须是一支可靠和负责任的部队，不应重蹈荷兰在波斯尼亚维持和平人员的覆辙，后者允许并协助塞族人蓄意在波斯尼亚灭绝穆斯林。必须追究以色列对战争罪行的责任并予以惩罚。巴勒斯坦的重建必须通过对以色列施加惩罚。
It is time to take appropriate measures to put Israel under control and achieve a sustainable and eternal peace in the entire region. Transform the world a better place to live for humankind.
现在是采取适当措施控制以色列并在整个地区实现可持续和永恒和平的时候了。让世界变成一个更适合人类居住的地方。
( 注意： 本文章用百度翻译的，很可能有差异。 请参考原板英文的。 谢谢。）