Boston: Man who self-immolated outside Israeli consulate is identified

Arutz Sheva ^ | 17/9/24 | Jackie Hajdenberg

[Eleutheria5]

A man was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston.

Matt Nelson said in a video he uploaded to YouTube before arriving at the location that he was about to engage in an “extreme act of protest” due to “the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Nelson’s identity and motive were not immediately apparent following the incident, which took place Wednesday evening. The video surfaced on Friday.

The incident marks at least the third instance of self-immolation in the United States outside of an Israeli consulate or embassy in protest of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

In late February, Aaron Bushnell, a US airman wearing his military uniform, died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Bushnell uploaded a since-removed video to the video game streaming platform Twitch declaring his views on the war and saying he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.”

Bushnell’s death came nearly three months after a still-unknown protester engaged in a similar act at the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, where she suffered critical injuries.

Security camera footage from Boston shows Nelson pacing backwards and forwards outside a hotel near the consulate before pouring gasoline on himself and setting himself on fire, local station NBC10 reported. Witnesses then ran over to help put out the fire.

Suffering from severe burn wounds, Nelson was then transported by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital, according to a police report. A spokesperson for the Boston Police Department declined to comment further on the case, saying only that it was an “active investigation.”

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[Eleutheria5]

Leftards, this is a great idea for a new virtue signal. Much better than assaulting Jewish students on campus. Do try this yourselves. Burn, baby, burn.

[metmom]

I will NEVER understand the mentality of thinking that harming yourself in this way is going to change someone's mind about a position they hold to, or change how things are done. I have never heard of anyone who thinks, *Oh no. We'd better not (fill in the blank) or someone might burn themselves to death.^

[Bikkuri]

More effective if they do it in big groups...

[Eleutheria5]

Whatever turns them on.

[Eleutheria5]

Might cause traffic jams.

[SaveFerris]

Well, I guess he got the f(l)ame he was looking for?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXnUCYSWcAADj76.jpg

(image is blurred - he’s on fire, of course)

[A_Former_Democrat]

You’re gonna burn, you’re gonna burn
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn

[SaveFerris]

Probably a craving for self-attention.

If he’s still alive, he may be having second thoughts.

That’s a pretty rough way to protest.

[piasa]

Well ...at least the human matchstick didn’t try to assassinate Trump like the other anti Israel guy, Routh, did.

[Lockbar]

Thanks....but I need to see leftists on fire not blurred. Makes me feel more fulfilled.

[Eleutheria5]

Started with Buddhist monks in Vietnam. But they made sure to croak.

[jonrick46]

I think a more effective public protest would be a self castration. To make it a real spectacle, they could use a pruning saw and have a leather belt between their teeth. That would be quite a way to impress the ladies.

/sarc+

[Eleutheria5]

Happy to oblige.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YSr7PFX3qc

Was it good for you, too?

[Eleutheria5]

At that point, what difference would it make?

[Mark17]

😂😀😊👍

[Celtic Conservative]

If this keeps up marshmallows are called for.

CC

[EvilCapitalist]

This calls for some Blue Oyster Cult. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4

[Eleutheria5]

Where are the gay bikers? They never showed this in Police Academy.

[EvilCapitalist]

There’s a Big difference between the Blue Oyster Bar of Police Academy fame, and the band Blue Oyster Cult. ;-)

[nopardons]

BTTT