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National Building Museum cancels Caterpillar Inc. award ceremony!

Posted on: September 8, 2011

7 September 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

ACT NOW: Stop Rewarding Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Altogether!

Due to help and pressure from individuals and social justice groups across the country, the National Building Museum has informed us that it has canceled the public award ceremony to present Caterpillar Inc. with the 2011 Henry C. Turner Prize!

Thank you to all of you who contributed to this victory!  We are not stopping here!  We will continue this campaign to tell the museum to rescind the award.  Next week Craig and Cindy Corrie will hand deliver our petition … Continue reading


Updated on September 8, 2011
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Guardian: Rachel Corrie’s family claim Israeli military withheld vital video evidence

Posted on: July 12, 2011

11 July 2011 | The Guardian

The family of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed in Gaza while protesting against house demolitions in 2003, on Monday claimed the Israeli military authorities withheld video evidence during the Corries’ civil lawsuit and misled US officials on crucial details.

Craig Corrie, Rachel’s father, told a press conference in Jerusalem that the footage from a surveillance camera near the scene of his daughter’s death submitted to the court was “incomplete”. Additional video material obtained by the family showed Rachel’s body in a different spot to the place identified by some military commanders, he said.

He also … Continue reading


Updated on July 13, 2011
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AP: Testimony ends in Israel case over killed American

Posted on: July 10, 2011

10 July 2011 | Associated Press

An Israeli court heard its final witness Sunday in a trial surrounding the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

Israel’s commanding officer in Gaza at the time, Col. Pinhas Zuaretz, testified Sunday.

Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist from Olympia, Washington, who was 23 at the time, was killed when she stood before the bulldozer on the Gaza-Egypt border. She and other activists believed the military was about to demolish nearby Palestinian homes.

The military cleared the soldier who drove the bulldozer, saying he could … Continue reading


Updated on July 13, 2011
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RCF: Final witness in Rachel Corrie’s case to testify

Posted on: July 7, 2011
Rachel Corrie (Courtesy Rachel Corrie Foundation)

7 July 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation

Former Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz – the final witness in the case – is scheduled to testify Sunday, July 10, in the Corrie civil trial against the State of Israel.

Colonel Zuaretz was the commanding officer of the Israeli military’s Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade in 2003, when American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed. Troops under his command were responsible for the actions resulting in her killing. Zuaretz is the … Continue reading


Updated on July 13, 2011
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Spirit of Rachel Corrie attacked by Israeli navy

Posted on: May 17, 2011
Spirit of Rachel Corrie attacked by Israeli navy

16 May 2011 | Perdana 4 Peace

(Monday)
The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission, involving a Malaysian owned ship carrying aid for Palestine, has been intercepted and attacked by the Israeli naval forces in the Palestinian security zone this morning at 0654 Jordan time. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the Egyptian waters at one and a half nautical miles from the Gazan waters.

The vessel left the Port of Piraeus, Greece on Wednesday, May 11 carrying 7.5 kilometers of UPVC (plastic) sewage pipes to help restore … Continue reading


Updated on May 18, 2011
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Former IDF spokesperson and Southern Brigade Commander to testify final court hearing of Corrie civil trial on May 22

Posted on: May 17, 2011
Former IDF spokesperson and Southern Brigade Commander to testify final court hearing of Corrie civil trial on May 22

17 May 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation

Former IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Ruth Yaron and former Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz are both scheduled to testify on May 22 in what is anticipated to be the final hearing in the Corrie family’s civil lawsuit against the State of Israel.

The lawsuit, filed in 2005 by Attorney Hussein abu Hussein, charges the Israeli government and Ministry of Defense with responsibility for killing American peace activist Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza in 2003. Since the trial opened in March 2010, … Continue reading


Updated on May 18, 2011
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RCF: State again reschedules testimony of Col. Pinky Zuaretz

Posted on: April 26, 2011
RCF: State again reschedules testimony of Col. Pinky Zuaretz

26 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation

In another round of last minute maneuvering, attorneys for the State in Corrie vs. State of Israel requested that testimony from their highest-ranking witness be postponed. Former Brigade Commander Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz, who was scheduled to testify on April 27, will not testify until May 22.

The witness was originally scheduled to testify on May 22, but on April 17, just before the court recessed for Israel’s Passover holiday, the State filed an emergency request to move … Continue reading


Updated on April 29, 2011
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Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz to testify in Corrie trial Wed, April 27th

Posted on: April 20, 2011
Rachel Corrie

20 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

In a breaking development, an Israeli court has granted the State’s request to move the testimony of former Brigade Commander Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz to next week, Wednesday, April 27, nearly one month prior to his originally scheduled appearance. A 5-page affidavit for the witness was only issued by the State on Sunday. Attorney Hussein Abu Hussein who represents the Corrie family initially opposed the State request and filed motion for reconsideration citing due process violations.

Colonel Zuaretz was the commanding … Continue reading


Updated on April 22, 2011
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Corrie trial resumes in Haifa court with testimony of bulldozer unit commander

Posted on: April 1, 2011

29 March 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation

After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court will resume hearings Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza on March 16, 2003. Rachel was an American student activist and human rights defender who was crushed by a Caterpillar D9R bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes.

The commander of the unit that killed Rachel is scheduled to testify. Known to the court as S.R., he oversaw the bulldozer work from an … Continue reading


Updated on May 1, 2011
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Special Tribute to Rachel Corrie in Iranian Weekly

Posted on: December 16, 2010
Special Tribute to Rachel Corrie in Iranian Weekly

16 December 2010 | Panjereh Weekly

When I come back from Palestine, I probably will have nightmares and constantly feel guilty for not being here, but I can channel that into more work. Coming here is one of the better things I’ve ever done.

As one of the biggest Iranian student movements has requested the naming of a street in Tehran after the American activist, one of the major Iranian papers published an 8 page special report about Rachel Corrie in its latest issue.

This report is entitled “The Nightmares … Continue reading


Updated on December 24, 2010
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