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Rachel Corrie’s parents speak at Nablus demonstration to remember those killed in Gaza
Today 200 residents of Nablus and internationals gathered to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza, as she tried to prevent a bulldozer from demolishing a family home. The demonstration also protested the ongoing attacks on Gaza by the Israeli army, and the occupation of Iraq…
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5 years on, we remember Rachel Corrie
This article was originally published in The Observer newspaper on the 2nd March 2008 It is impossible to underestimate quite how much life for Rachel Corrie’s family has changed since she was killed by an Israeli army Caterpillar D9 bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on 16 March 2003. As Rachel’s elder sister Sarah puts it:…
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Daily News Egypt: US court dismisses Caterpillar case filed by Rachel Corrie and Palestinian families
By: Jonas Moffat In September, a US Court of Appeals dismissed a case against Caterpillar, Inc., which alleged seven claims, including aiding and abetting war crimes, extrajudicial killing, wrongful death, and other serious human rights violations. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) took the case on behalf of the family of Rachel Corrie and four…