Search results for: “Rachel+Corrie”
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ISM activist’s killer sentenced; will similar legal action now be available for Palestinian victims? Not likely in the near future.
Justice is difficult to come by in the middle of an illegal military occupation. For some, with the legal and financial resources and freedom to pursue it, there is a slim chance that they might see some limited response. For many others, though, the chance to have the wrongs committed against them addressed will never…
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What Every American Should Know about Israel/Palestine
A heart-rending talk giving by Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie. www.traprockpeace.org/corrie_chicago_03july05.html Rachel was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer when she attempted to block the path to a Palestinian home that they were trying to destroy. The Corries spoke at Socialism 2005. This annual conference was held in Chicago from…
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Ha’aretz: He simply had a mom and dad
By Yossi Sarid www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/596844.html By its very nature, an army is not designed to issue justice. As we know, an army marches on its stomach, and a stomach is capable of digesting injustice as well; it is not necessarily guided by justice. Every army, especially during a bloody conflict, has other urgent problems. Justice waits…