Category: Features
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Tulkarem and Ramallah mark the seventh anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie
16 March 2010 On March 16th 2003, an Israeli bulldozer killed the American activist Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza. Today, in Kafr Sur, near Tulkarem, and in Ramallah, family, friends and supporters gathered together to commemorate the anniversary of her murder. Students of Kafr Sur Secondary School, who have been working on a research project…
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Eye witness testifies: Israeli military investigator tried to influence my statement
Rachel Corrie Foundation 15 March 2010 For Immediate Release: Today, March 15, 2010, the Haifa District Court saw the third day of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel was crushed to death on March 16, 2003 by a…
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Family Appeals Decision to Close Investigation on Shooting of US Citizen Tristan Anderson
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 12 March 2010 This week the parents of Tristan Anderson filed an appeal on the decision to close the investigation concerning their son’s injury.– The 38 year-old American was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile shot by Israeli Border Police in the West Bank village of Nili’in on…
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Israeli Court Begins Hearing Testimonies in the Unlawful Killing of 23 year old American Activist Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie Foundation 10 March 2010 For Immediate Release The Haifa District Court began hearing eyewitness testimonies today, March 10, 2010, in a civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel Corrie, an American human rights defender from Olympia, Washington, was crushed to…
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Call to action: Rachel Corrie trial in Israel
Rachel Corrie Foundation 8 March 2010 Friends, As many of you know, a civil lawsuit in the case of our daughter Rachel Corrie is scheduled for trial in the Haifa District Court beginning March 10, 2010. A human rights observer and activist, Rachel, 23, tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian family whose home…