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| February 13, 2015
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Israel Supreme Court Rejects Family’s Claim of Daughter Rachel Corrie’s Wrongful Death

After 12 years of continual court cases, Supreme Court rejects family’s claim for wrongful death.
• Having been warned over & over, activist illegally entered ‘closed military area’ and then ignored warnings to stop her advancement in front of operating bulldozer.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

The Supreme Court on Thursday put out its decision in the Rachel Corrie case, rejecting her family’s appeal of a lower court decision, which had denied them civil damages for wrongful death, in which Corrie died in connection with an IDF bulldozer.

Rachel Corrie. – Photo: REUTERS

 The decision comes nearly 12 years after the death of the US activist, an event that has spawned books, plays and received unrivaled international attention in the global media.
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| September 3, 2012
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The Tehran-Philadelphi route, way of the ‘peace activists’

The Israeli court validated suspicions that  Rachel Corrie was not a peace activist, but rather an activist for something that is the contrary to peace.

By Hagai Segal

 

Rachel Corrie grew up in an eloquent family. Last week her parents addressed the court’s ruling that they were not entitled to any compensation for their daughter’s death by an Israeli bulldozer along the Philadelphi Route. This is a “black day for human rights,” they said with impressive western restraint and the talent of seasoned propagandists.

Photo credit for both pictures used: International Solidarity Movement/AP

On the other hand, it was a great day for the truth. Continue Reading »

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