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Rachel Corrie & Hana Shalabi: Flowers among thistles of Israeli occupation

Posted on: March 21, 2012
Rachel Corrie & Hana Shalabi: Flowers among thistles of Israeli occupation

by Nathan Stuckey

21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Rachel Corrie was murdered nine years ago by an Israeli bulldozer.  Hana Shalabi has spent the last 34 days on hunger strike an Israeli prison, yet she is accused of no crime.  This was not the first time Hana has been held in Israeli prisons while being accused of no crime. She was only recently released as part of a prisoner exchange after being held without charges for 25 months. Hana has said that “freedom is … Continue reading


Updated on March 21, 2012
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In photos: Beit Ommar weekly protest

Posted on: March 17, 2012
Hungry striking and demonstrating in solidarity with Shalabi and Corrie - Click here for more photos

by Younes Arar

17 March 2012 | Beit Ommar Popular Committee

The Beit Ommar Popular Committee organized today’s weekly peaceful protest adjacent to Karmei Tzur colony built on the stolen land of Beit Ommar farmers. When we arrived next to the so called security fence surrounding the colony, more than 60 heavily armed Israeli occupation soldiers obstructed our path and tried with aggression to force us back, but we resisted their violence and carried on our protest program.

This protest was in solidarity with Hana Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for … Continue reading


Updated on March 17, 2012
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In memory of a hero: Rachel speaks truth

Posted on: March 16, 2012
Click here to visit the Rachel Corrie Foundation

16 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
On the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s martyrdom today, the rain fell in quiet tears that watered Palestine in a confusing emotion of remorse and yet optimism—the same optimism we hear in the voice of Rachel’s diaries and actions.
It rained on Kufr Qaddoum where attack dogs clenched in their jaws the peaceful freedom fighters of Palestine, an image reminiscent of a segregated America.
It drizzled as the folks of Al Ma’sara demanded the wall to fall, an echoing … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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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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