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An Israeli man was rushed to the hospital this evening (Saturday) after he set himself on fire at the end of
a march calling for social justice in central Tel Aviv.
According to police estimates, some 10,000 people marched, marking the first anniversary of the J14 movement's
inception. After an otherwise uneventful march that culminated on Kaplan St., a man in his 50s distributed several
copies of a typed letter, poured gasoline on himself, and torched his clothing.
Those present on the scene succeeded in extinguishing the fire before ambulances arrived and rushed him to
nearby Ichilov Hospital. He was photographed eating a popsicle before being whisked away, though later reports
described his condition as serious. He was later moved to the larger Tel Hashomer Hospital.
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Update: As of Sunday morning, Moshe Silman was reportedly fighting for his life, with burns on more than 90 percent
of his body. According to Ynet, in the weekly cabineet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the act a
"great personal tragedy" and said that he asked welfare and housing officials to look into the case. This Haaretz report
details a decade-long struggle against a "bureaucratic nightmare" that prompted the act, and a solidarity protest was
scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv Sunday night.
An Israeli man was rushed to the hospital this evening (Saturday) after he set himself on fire at the end of
a march calling for social justice in central Tel Aviv.
According to police estimates, some 10,000 people marched, marking the first anniversary of the J14 movement's
inception. After an otherwise uneventful march that culminated on Kaplan St., a man in his 50s distributed several
copies of a typed letter, poured gasoline on himself, and torched his clothing.
Those present on the scene succeeded in extinguishing the fire before ambulances arrived and rushed him to
nearby Ichilov Hospital. He was photographed eating a popsicle before being whisked away, though later reports
described his condition as serious. He was later moved to the larger Tel Hashomer Hospital.
=========================================================================
Update: As of Sunday morning, Moshe Silman was reportedly fighting for his life, with burns on more than 90 percent
of his body. According to Ynet, in the weekly cabineet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the act a
"great personal tragedy" and said that he asked welfare and housing officials to look into the case. This Haaretz report
details a decade-long struggle against a "bureaucratic nightmare" that prompted the act, and a solidarity protest was
scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv Sunday night.
