Aaron Bushnell, who died last month, ‘sacrificed everything’ for Palestinians, says mayor of Jericho
, the US airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington to protest against the war in Gaza., “sacrificed everything” for Palestinians, said the mayor of Jericho, Abdul Karim Sidr, as the street sign was unveiled on Sunday.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 ,” the mayor told a small crowd gathered on the new Aaron Bushnell Road.
Amani Rayan, a Jericho city council member who grew up in Gaza and moved to the occupied West Bank to study aged 19, said: “He sacrificed the most precious thing, whatever your beliefs. This man gave all his privileges for the children of Gaza.” Much of Rayan’s family is still trapped in Gaza; her uncle was killed in an airstrike on 26 November 2023 with 25 other people, and in February her sister nearly died giving birth in a hospital under Israeli attack.
“These names will focus attention of both the locals and visitors,” Sidr said, adding that they were following a precedent set after the death of activist Rachel Corrie. A street in Ramallah was named for the American after she was crushed to death by a bulldozer in 2003 while trying to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in Gaza.
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