Tag: Rachel Corrie trial
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Rachel Corrie trial: stopping bulldozer work not an option despite risk to protesters
11 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Deputy Battalion Commander says avoiding precedent influenced decision not to stop. Two Israeli military officers who commanded troops near Rafah, Gaza on the day Rachel Corrie was killed, took the stand behind a screen in a Haifa court Wednesday, April 6, as government witnesses in the ongoing civil…
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Corrie trial resumes in Haifa court with testimony of bulldozer unit commander
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…
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For family of slain activist, no end in sight for case
7 November 2010 | Ethan Bronner, New York Times HAIFA, Israel — Seven years after an American student, Rachel Corrie, was killed in Gaza by an Israeli military bulldozer she tried to block, becoming a global symbol of the Palestinian struggle, her parents and her older sister sit in an Israeli court in this northern city…