A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured.
A Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference.
He added that investigators did not believe there was any connection to terrorism and none of the consular staff was ever in danger.
“We do not see any threat here,” he said. “We believe it was an act of extreme political protest that occurred.”
I hope your predictions come to pass… This has been going on for far too long.
But I’m a kiwi, and its probably my privilege that I cannot fathom how two peoples (religions?) cannot coexist together peacefully. That just blows my mind, but we’ve never been invaded or really even had to go to war properly (we help a bit here and there, but I don’t think there was ever a real requirement - I could be wrong here?)