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Second Israeli dies in self-immolation welfare protest
A second Israeli who set himself on fire in protest at economic difficulties has died of his injuries, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday.
Akiva Mafi, a 45-year-old, wheelchair-bound army veteran, doused his body in petrol and lit it at a bus station on July 22, after what friends described as a debilitating battle for welfare benefits.
Source and full story: Reuters, 1 August 2012
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Re: Second Israeli dies in self-immolation welfare protest
Self-immolation, huh? Didn’t this whole “Arab spring” thing (plus the attack on Libya and Syria) begin on 4 Jan 2011 when Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi torched himself in Tunis?
Where are the UN and EU sanctions against the Tel Aviv regime? Where is the no-fly zone, and the NATO bombardment of the Jews?
At least we can take comfort in knowing that the Israeli government is imposing “austerity” on its own people.