[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Rachel Corrie

[Susan]

approve!  - sg

At 09:49 AM 3/16/03, jonathan lawson wrote:

>Evergreen Student Activist Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza
>
>Olympia activist 
><http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/52394.html">Rachel 
>Corrie</a>, in Gaza as part of international protests against the Israeli 
>occupation of Palestinian territory, was run over by an Israeli bulldozer 
>in the Rafah refugee camp. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she 
>died. Corrie was part of a group of seven International Solidarity 
>Movement activists attempting to stop Israeli forces from bulldozing 
>Palestinian homes. . While many Palestinians are killed by occupation 
>forces <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1222.shtml">every 
>week</a>, Corrie is the first international working with the ISM to have 
>been killed during the conflict.
>
><p>In recent weeks, ISM activists have focused on activities in Rafah, 
>described as a "hot spot" in Gaza as occupation forces have adopted a 
>strategy of pressuring residents by destroying municipal wells, as well as 
>bulldizing houses along the outskirts of the community. In the past month, 
>Israli forces have become more aggressive
>On March 1, Corrie explained the activists' intention in a <a href=" 
>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0303/S00019.htm ">detailed report: " Much 
>of the destruction occurs at night.  Many of the streets of Rafah are 
>impassable in the dark due to sniper towers positioned along the 
>perimeters of Rafah.  In the dark, internationals attempting to carry out 
>non-violent direct action rely on battery-charged lights, banners, and the 
>accuracy of unknown local collaborators to make the Israeli military aware 
>of their location.  Another factor in attempting to stop the destruction 
>of a home is a variable factor: the question of whether the driver of a 
>particular tank cares about injuring internationals in the process of 
>destroying the welfare of the Palestinians living here."
>
><p>Corrie, 23, was a student at Evergreen State College, where she worked 
>with the <a href="http://www.omjp.org">Olympia Movement for Justice and 
>Peace</a>, opposing the Bush administration's plans for war in Iraq and 
>the Palestinian Occupation.
>_______________________________________________
>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattle-editorial/attachments/20030316/e5fb86d6/attachment.htm