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2010-03-18: Headlines

Associated News Today: Rachel Corrie and the Image of Israel 2010-03-18
When social justice activists like Rachel Corrie are branded terrorists and international human rights law becomes the enemy of the (Israeli) state – all ...
Associated News Today: Headlines: The wrath of Israel built homes 2010-03-18
The State Prosecutor's Office appealed Thursday to the Haifa District Court to dismiss outright the civil suit filed by US activist Rachel Corrie's family ...
The Nation, Pakistan: Putting Iraq in America 2010-03-18
It is one exam-ple of what Dr Hanan Ashrawi characterises as “American we-akness and Israeli arrogance.” Even today, in the US, some blithely view the Iraq ...
International Solidarity Movement: Israeli Military Investigator Admits Failures in the Military Investigation ... 2010-03-18
She had been nonviolently demonstrating against Palestinian home demolitions with fellow members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Salem-News.Com: She Was an American Girl 2010-03-18
The senseless death of Rachel Corrie is a direct tie to the spirit of Israel's military. Images from the two Rachel Corrie videos included with this piece;
News & Issues: Pierre's Middle East Issues Blog - About 2010-03-18
Eyewitnesses and members of the International Solidarity Movement with which Corrie was affiliated, and who were at the scene, say the killing w ...
Uptrend SEO Company: Rachel Corrie and the image of Israel - Full Story 2010-03-18
“This is how the first intifada started,” he said, speaking by cell phone from Gaza. “People demonstrated in Jerusalem and it escalated.
TheNewsTribune.com: Agendas are out in the open at Evergreen State College 2010-03-18
I keep thinking of Rachel Corrie. The loss of any human life is a tragedy, and hers is no exception. I do not defend Israel's actions leading to her death.

2010-03-17: Headlines

Seattle Weekly: Palestinian Street's New Name Is Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
17 2010 @ 1:42PM ?Rachel Corrie has taken a new leap into the realm of official martyrdom--at least among Palestinians. Yesterday, officials in the West ...
Al-Jazeerah.info: On 7th anniversary of Rachel Corrie's murder, Palestinian street named in her ... 2010-03-17
Rachel Corrie was one of a group of activists with the International Solidarity Movement who were standing in front of a Palestinian home to prevent it ...
Media Monitors Network: Lieberman's Rogue Family needs to be disciplined 2010-03-17
Those tax dollars to Israel have gone into buying Caterpillar tractors that killed an American - Rachel Corrie, let alone demolished thousands ...
The Guardian: Crisis in US-Israeli relations: Barack Obama must not back down 2010-03-17
On Jerusalem, it displays a remarkable coherency of purpose: to thwart, as the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem puts it, any attempt to challenge ...
Democracy Now: Palestinians Name Ramallah Street After Slain U.S. Activist Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
In other Mideast news, the parents of the slain American peace activist Rachel Corrie were on hand Tuesday for events marking the seventh anniversary of her ...
Democracy Now: Rep. Alan Grayson's "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act" Attracts 50 Co-Sponsors 2010-03-17
It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israeli military ...
Baltimore Sun: The real way to be 'pro-Israel' 2010-03-17
... military personnel courageously refusing to back the occupation; and Gush Shalom (the Israel Peace Block, gush-shalom.org) where one can find update ...
National: Jerusalem back to normal after riots but tension still simmers 2010-03-17
According to B'tselem, an Israeli human rights group, Jews constitute 45 per cent of East Jerusalem's population, against 55 per cent who are Palestini ...
Arab News: One young woman's voice 2010-03-17
After graduating from college, Rachel joined the International Solidarity Movement, a Palestinian-led human rights and nonviolent resistance group.
The Associated Press: East Jerusalem neighborhood shows no sign of furor 2010-03-17
... the construction of nearly 50000 homes for Jews, it has built none for Palestinians, according to figures from the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent: Your Letters 2010-03-17
On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, an American human rights defender demonstrating against Palestinian home demolitions, was crushed to death by a bulldozer ...
The Daily Titan: Club informs students of Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2010-03-17
Radhika Sainath, an attorney and human rights activist, lived in West Bank for two years where she worked with the International Solidarity Movement.
Morning Star Online: Palestine names street after murdered activist 2010-03-17
... including students from a local secondary school participated in the dedication ceremony on Tuesday - the seventh anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death.
International Solidarity Movement: The Break on Palestine 2010-03-17
Seven years ago today, an American civil rights worker, Rachel Corrie, was killed in Gaza, run over by a Caterpillar tractor driven by a soldier of ...
Palestine Chronicle: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-17
Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition ...
Electronic Intifada: Barenboim-Said Foundation does not promote normalization 2010-03-17
Most importantly, nowhere in PACBI statement is it mentioned that the WEDO was established by Edward Said as well as Daniel Barenboim.
Ha'aretz: Ramallah to name street after US activist Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
The ceremony was attended by Palestinian anti-fence protesters as well as members of the International Solidarity Movement, the organization to which Rachel ...
Associated News Today: Four arrested for burglary 2010-03-17
Four arrests have been made to conclude a four-week investigation conducted by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. Charlie Neil Harris Jr., 18, of Rusk;
Forward: Drawing a Line in the Bay 2010-03-17
... before, during and after the screening of a provocative film about the pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie, killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza.
Khaleej Times: A Prayer for Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
And I thought people like Rachel Corrie only existed in books and movies; people who can stare death in the face and put their own lives on line to save ...
Associated News Today: Losing Faith In The Messiah – Obama Unites Israelis and Arabs In Disappointment 2010-03-17
It¡¯s all a matter of timing, notes Uri Avnery . One would think that the British government, considering its history in the Middle East of colonising ...
Press TV: US states to mark Corrie murder by Israeli bulldozer 2010-03-17
International actions are taking place throughout the world to commemorate the Rachel Corrie and honor her final stand against Israeli policy.

2010-03-16: Headlines

Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal: Remember Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16
March 16, 2010 -- Today marks the anniversary of the tragic death of International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Foreign Policy: Gaza's tragically peculiar economy 2010-03-16
Recently, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem distributed video cameras to Gazan youth to record their lives-one of the most interesting videos w ...
The Guardian: Ivor Dembina gives parliament its first standup gig 2010-03-16
It addresses his Hendon childhood, his rejection of his parents' politics, and his work with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine ...
Democracy Now: Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against Arabic School ... 2010-03-16
It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israeli military ...
Institute for Public Accuracy: Israeli Attacks on Human Rights Activists 2010-03-16
Exactly seven years ago (March 16, 2003), Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military Caterpillar bulldozer while attempting ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Israel called "gravely negligent" in Tristan Anderson case . 2010-03-16
Forbackground, see http://justicefortristan.org/ Those at Monday's rally will also remember Rachel Corrie, who was run over and killed by an Israeli ...
The Nation.: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-16
Seven years ago today, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demoliti ...
Huffington Post: Can President Obama Mobilize His Inner Rachel Corrie? 2010-03-16
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie in Gaza by an Israeli government bulldozer, and the anniversary this year comes at ...
Veterans Today Network: Israel's Crackdown Confronts Liberals and Humanists 2010-03-16
The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to shut down Israel's premier human rights organizations, including B'Tselem, the New Israel Fund (NIF)
UN Observer: To Palestine with Love, Honoring the Youths 2010-03-16
We remember Rachel Corrie, 23, run over by an Israeli bulldozer and Tom Hurndall, 22, shot in the head by an Israeli sniper. Their lives are remembered ...
Daily Monitor: Betty Bigombe gets Dutch rights prize for peace effort 2010-03-16
Last year, the medal went to the Palestinian human rights group Al-Hag and Israeli organisation B'Tselem. Ms Bigombe, also a former Minister of State in ...
Monday Morning: Settlement row seen endangering US-brokered peace talks 2010-03-16
In another development, family members of Rachel Corrie, a US activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003 ...
Palestine Think Tank: Mohamed Khodr – Letter to Rachel Corrie's family and Washington State legislators 2010-03-16
Below is a letter I sent to the Corries but more importantly to executive and legislative members in Washington State where Rachel Corrie was a resident.
Palestine Think Tank: Mohamed Khodr – Letter to Rachel Corrie's family and Washington State legislators 2010-03-16
Below is a letter I sent to the Corries but more importantly to executive and legislative members in Washington State where Rachel Corrie was a resident.
The Palestine Telegraph: Israel can no longer hide true colors 2010-03-16
It's certainly interesting that a US government official encouraged the family of the late peace activist Rachel Corrie, who, in 2003, was killed by ...
The Palestine Telegraph: Israel can no longer hide true colours 2010-03-16
It's certainly interesting that a US government official encouraged the family of the late peace activist Rachel Corrie, who, in 2003, was killed by ...
The Palestine Telegraph: Eva Bartlett follows in the footsteps of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16
"It was through Democracy Now that I was introduced to the cause, including the existence of the International Solidarity Movement.
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: The Starting Point: Supreme changes, Army training & movie options 2010-03-16
Political activist Rachel Corrie, 2003. Beyond the blog: Want to receive The Starting Point in your e-mail box? Subscribe to our mailing list by sending ...
International Solidarity Movement: Tulkarem and Ramallah mark the seventh anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16
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 ...
International Solidarity Movement: Nil'in commemorates year anniversary of Tristan Anderson shooting: two arrested 2010-03-16
Anderson, a 38 year old US citizen who was volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement, was hit in the forehead by a high-flying tear g ...
Isthmus Daily Page: Madison eats agenda: World Champion cheeses, Spirits of Madison, benefits ... 2010-03-16
... Deli and Restaurant, the event will feature a silent auction and presentation featuring the writings of Rachel Corrie and poetry by Mahmoud Darwish.
Eurasia Review: Corrie Witness: Israeli Army Tried To Alter My Statement 2010-03-16
She had been demonstrating against Palestinian home demolitions with fellow members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led ...
The Associated Press: West Bank street named for dead US activist 2010-03-16
The dedication ceremony was held on the seventh anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death. Corrie's mother, Cindy, said her daughter stood for many other foreign ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

Truthdig: Israel Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot 2010-03-15
The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to shut down Israel's premier human rights organizations, including B'Tselem, the New Israel Fund (NIF)
Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli Insult to Biden: Silence is complicity By Mazin Qumsiyeh 2010-03-15
We now commemorate the seventh anniversary of the murder of peace activist Rachel Corrie (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHCJ-wUIPV0%29.
Veterans Today Network: Eye Witness Testifies in Rachel Corrie Case, says Israeli Military Tried ... 2010-03-15
The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, in its 2004 report Through No Fault of their Own, found that contrary to Israel's claim that prior warning ...
The Dominion: March in Review, Part I 2010-03-15
... solidarity activist Rachel Corrie opened in Israel. Corrie died in 2003 at the age of 23 when, as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement ...
Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare 2010-03-15
The foreign media, too, has been covering the civil trial of the unlawful killing of Rachel Corrie. Corrie, a 23-year-old American activist, was crushed ...
Arab News: Parents of Rachel Corrie speak out 2010-03-15
Cindy Corrie: In January of 2003, Rachel went first to the West Bank for training with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). It was a Palestinian-led ...
Arab News: Remembering Rachel Corrie 2010-03-15
We are them" - these are the words of Rachel Corrie, the American girl who died a martyr in the cause of Palestine. Tuesday (March 16) marks the seventh ...
UN Observer: Uri Avnery: A Matter of Timing 2010-03-15
It's all a matter of timing. The Government of Israel has insulted the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, one of the greatest “friends” ...
The Baltimore Chronicle: Peace Process Hypocrisy: Stillborn from Inception 2010-03-15
Edward Said, in a January 1999 op-ed, anguished over "a disheartening bloody impasse," Palestine an isolated prison, a vast wasteland of destruction ...
Palestine Note: Back in Palestine 2010-03-15
... to leave his land http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/press_releases/1267326280/ Israel continues to intensify efforts at social engineering ...
IowaPolitics.com: I'M for Iowa: Food, fairies and foolishness 2010-03-15
Rachel Corrie was a young woman with Iowa connections who was passionate about peace and justice. She was killed while working against the occupation ...
Baltimore Jewish Times: Berkley, ADL Push Back on US Criticism of Israel 2010-03-15
The report also names several liberal groups—J Street, B'Tselem and Jewish Voice for Peace—as demonstrating greater potential for working together “for ...
Seattle Times: Israel: Corrie's posthumous trial, holy sites and ending aid 2010-03-15
Left-wing Israelis and foreign peace activists demonstrate as the family of Rachel Corrie, a US activist run over by an Israeli bulldozer during ...
National: Israel admits it has an image problem 2010-03-15
“No amount of hasbara will help if Israel refuses to make peace and uses assassination teams,” said Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom, a peace activist.
The Nation: ASEAN opposes all new Jewish settlements 2010-03-15
"This is a global message of American weakness and Israeli arrogance," said Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi. The US vice president's visit had been ...
Kashmir Watch: :. Understanding A Movement 2010-03-15
The hardbound book spreading over 350 pages in Urdu starts with quotes in English by two great men of minds of the world Thomas Jefferson and Edward Said.
Politicsweb: Israel and Apartheid 2010-03-15
... Israel and the Occupied Territories is comparable to the Group Areas Act. In East Jerusalem alone B'Tselem reports 404 house demolitions in 2008 carried ...
World Jewish Congress: Jewish nationalists urge Israeli model not to marry Leonardo Di Caprio 2010-03-15
... Marzel has a record of violence in Israel, including assaults on a Palestinian, an Israeli police officer and the journalist Uri Avnery.
St. Augustine Record: Amy Goodman: Rachel Corrie's day in court 2010-03-15
Corrie was volunteering with the group International Solidarity Movement (ISM), which formed after Israel and the United States rejected a proposal ...
Jewish Chronicle: Bar Refaeli warned 'Don't marry Leo Di Caprio' 2010-03-15
Mr Marzel has a record of violence in Israel, including assaults on a Palestinian, an Israeli police officer and Israeli left-wing journalist Uri Avnery.