Cndle Light Vigil Across The US For Rachel Corrie Who Was Bulldozed To Death By israeli jews
My Name
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:44:15 GMT
Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer as she was
using her body as a human shield to stop demolishing
Palestinian homes.
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Peace activists in many states across America are intended
to organize candle light vigils outside government buildings
to commemorate the brutal killing of Rachel Corrie who was
run over in Gaza by Israeli bulldozers.
The 23 year old student from Washington State was part of an
international solidarity coalition in Gaza when she was run
over trying to block the American-made bulldozer from
destroying a Palestinian home.
Rachel's 7th anniversary comes as her criminal trial against
the bulldozer drivers is underway in Israel and Washington
and Tel Aviv are in the midst of a heated contention over
Israel's direct violation of the proximity talks and
international law.
"The timing there is interesting and it is important that
enough attention is given to really one of the few people
that literally stood in the way of Israel's policies,"
Yousef Munayyer, the Executive Director of Jerusalem Fund
told Press TV's Jihan Hafiz.
It's taken 7 years for the Corrie family to reach civil
court in Israel.
They tried unsuccessfully to sue Caterpillar for the death
of their daughter, but finally have the chance to redress
Israel's flawed investigation into her death. The Israeli
investigation labeled her murder, an accident.
International actions are taking place throughout the world
to commemorate the Rachel Corrie and honor her final stand
against Israeli policy.
"You can bulldoze a body but you cannot bulldoze a spirit,
the spirit of Rachel lives in us, lives in her parents lives
in the people in Gaza," said Ray McGovern, former CIA
official.
Rachel's death has drawn international attention toward the
Palestinian plight in the occupied Palestinian land.
This is while the world has turned a blind eye toward the
killing of hundreds of Palestinians and the Israeli
oppression and suppression.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121038§ionid=3510203
West Bank street named for dead US activist
Tue Mar 16, 3:59 pm ET
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinians in the West Bank city of
Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a U.S. activist who
was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003
protest against house demolitions in Gaza.
The dedication ceremony was held on the seventh anniversary
of Rachel Corrie's death.
Corrie's mother, Cindy, said her daughter stood for many
other foreign activists who have come to the West Bank and
Gaza in recent years to serve as a buffer between
Palestinians and Israeli troops.
"I just wanted you to know ... that you do not stand alone,"
she told a small group of Palestinians, including the mayor
and governor of Ramallah. "People are stepping up. They will
not be silent."
On March 16, 2003, Corrie stood in the path of an armored
Israeli bulldozer as it approached a Palestinian home
targeted for demolition along Gaza's border with Egypt, part
of an operation against smuggling tunnels.
The driver has said he didn't see Corrie, and the Israeli
military has ruled her death an accident. Corrie's parents
reject that version and have brought a civil suit against
the Israeli government.
The trial began last week in the Israeli city of Haifa.
Corrie was an activist in the International Solidarity
Movement, a group that sends foreigners into hot spots to
assist Palestinians. Often they endanger themselves by
standing between Israeli forces and Palestinians, trying to
prevent soldiers from acting.
Corrie's story has become a rallying cry for pro-Palestinian
activists. Based on her diary and e-mails to her parents,
the story was turned into a stage play, "My Name Is Rachel
Corrie."
Corrie was from Olympia, Washington.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians
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