Tag: Rachel Corrie

  • 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:…

  • 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…

  • Solidarity With Rachel Corrie

    By Greta Berlin published in the Washington Post Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page A17 Jane Horwitz’s article on “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” could have been an example of reporting on the best aspects of the play [” ‘Corrie’ Fears Unrealized; Controversial Play Opens Without Incident in W.Va.,” Style, July 18]. Instead she gave space…

  • A replay of tired lies

    By Huwaida Arraf and Neta Golan, Seattle Post Intelligencer It is sad that J.L. Greenberg recycles discredited propaganda to defame the memory of Rachel Corrie and the ongoing, important work of the International Solidarity Movement (“Corrie ignored Muslim atrocities,” May 23). It is shocking that he does so on behalf of the larger Seattle Jewish…

  • The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project

    Ei: Bringing the discussion home: The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project Andrew Ford Lyons, 1 May 2007 Possibly noteworthy was that more than 300 people attended the standing-room only public hearing on the project. People waited outside the building to get in to comment and observe. Forty-eight people spoke in support, 24 people expressed opposition. Hundreds…