[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL: Rachel Corrie

[Jason Reep]

approve


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.