Israel demo satu orang bakar diri. (Israel demo of the self-immolation)

Seorang pria nekat membakar dirinya sendiri dalam sebuah demonstrasi di Ibukota Israel, Tel Aviv, Sabtu pekan lalu. Dia adalah salah satu pendemo yang frustasi atas keadaan keuangan yang semakin mencekik.

Diberitakan Reuters, Minggu 15 Juli 2012, pria usia sekitar 40-an tersebut sebelumnya ikut serta dalam demonstrasi ribuan orang memprotes biaya hidup yang tinggi dan isu-isu sosial lainnya. Tiba-tiba, di tengah demonstrasi yang direkam stasiun televisi, pria ini menyiramkan bensin dan menyulutnya.

Sontak saja, tubuh pria itu dijilati api yang berkobar. Para pendemo yang panik berusaha memadamkan api dengan menyiramkan air dan memukulkan kain ke tubuhnya. Setelah beberapa saat, api berhasil dipadamkan dengan meninggalkan luka bakar yang parah.

"Dari yang saya tahu, dia mengklaim pemerintah telah mencuri uangnya. Jelas dia melakukan ini karena alasan finansial, motif lainnya belum diketahui," kata juru bicara kepolisian Tel Aviv, Mickey Rosenfeld.

Pria yang tidak disebutkan namanya itu dilaporkan dalam keadaan stabil. Aksi bakar diri semacam ini terbilang langka di Israel. Sebelumnya, aksi serupa pernah terjadi pada 2005 lalu saat seorang wanita tewas bakar diri, memprotes penggusuran warga Yahudi di Tepi Barat.

Memfasilitasi warga miskin di Israel, Perdana Menteri Benjamin Netanyahu sebenarnya telah membuat inisiatif dengan mendirikan rumah murah dan subsidi pendidikan. Namun rakyat masih mengeluhkan tingginya harga pangan.

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Desperate man burned himself in a demonstration in the capital of Israel, Tel Aviv, on Saturday last week. He is one of the protesters, who frustrated the financial condition of the throttle.

Reported by Reuters on Sunday, July 15, 2012, a man aged around 40 had previously participated in a demonstration of thousands of people protesting the high cost of living and other social issues. Suddenly, in the middle of a recorded demonstration of television stations, the man poured gasoline and lit it.

Suddenly alone, his body licked the fire. The protesters, who frantically tried to extinguish the fire by spraying water and slammed into the fabric body. After a while, managed to extinguish the fire by leaving severe burns.

"From what I know, he claimed the government had stolen his money. Obviously he's doing this for financial reasons, other motives unknown," said Tel Aviv police spokesman, Mickey Rosenfeld.

The unnamed man was reported in stable condition. Such action of self-immolation is somewhat rare in Israel. Previously, similar actions have occurred in 2005 when a woman was killed self-immolation to protest the eviction of Jews in the West Bank.

Facilitating the poor in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has actually made ​​the initiative to establish low-cost housing and education subsidies. Yet people still complain about high food prices.