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Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/aaron-bushnell-street--newest-addition-to-areeha
Amid the reveal of the new street sign in Aaron's name, the mayor of Ariha stresses that Bushnell has sacrificed everything for Palestine. | Areeha, an occupied West Bank city in Palestine, has named a street in dedication to Aaron Bushnell, the 25-year-old US Air Force member who set himself on fire on February 25 outside the Israeli embassy in Washington in protest of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The mayor of Areeha, Abdul Karim Sidr, during the reveal of the sign on March 10, stated that Aaron has "sacrificed everything" for Palestinians. ● Speaking to a group of people on Aaron Bushnell Street, he declared, “We didn’t know him, and he didn’t know us. There were no social, economic, or political ties between us. What we share is a love for freedom and a desire to stand against these attacks [on Gaza]." [...] It is noteworthy that Areeha previously named a square in dedication to South Africa after the latter filed a lawsuit against "Israel" in the International Court of Justice over its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
■ From Rachel Corrie to Aaron Bushnell: sacrificing for Palestine (February 28th, 2024)