# A world on fire: Aaron Bushnell

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Podcast: [The Whistleblowers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397)
Published: 2026-05-17T20:45:02+00:00
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## Resource

Apr 27, 2024 06:25 A world on fire: Aaron Bushnell On February 25, 2024, a young active duty airman by the name of Aaron Bushnell went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, declared that as a member of the US Air Force he could not be party to a genocide against the Palestinian people, doused himself with kerosene, and set himself on fire. He shouted “Free Palestine” five times until finally collapsing. He died later at a hospital. He was only 25 years old. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou asks journalist and podcaster Esha Krishnaswamy if Aaron Bushnell’s death was a bold political statement, or a simple suicide by someone suffering from mental illness.

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