NEWSFLASH: ISM Activist Rachel Corrie Killed by Israeli Bulldozer
Friends of ISM | 16.03.2003 17:27
It is just being reported that an international activist Rachel Corrie (US Citizen) in Rafah has been Killed by Israeli bulldozer.
This is most likely a volunteer of the non-violent International Solidarity Movement who are the only solidarity group operating in Rafah.
Please protest with all your might the murder of a non-violent peace activist. Rachel is the first International ISM activist to be killed in two years of ISM history.
We ask you all to do what ever you can
This is most likely a volunteer of the non-violent International Solidarity Movement who are the only solidarity group operating in Rafah.
Please protest with all your might the murder of a non-violent peace activist. Rachel is the first International ISM activist to be killed in two years of ISM history.
We ask you all to do what ever you can
From Yahoo news...
Israeli Bulldozer Kills U.S. Woman, 23
1 hour, 9 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An American woman in Gaza to protest against Israeli operations was killed Sunday when she was run over by an Israeli bulldozer, witnesses and hospital officials said.
AP Photo
Witnesses said Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Wash., was trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said, when she was buried. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died, said Dr. Ali Moussa, a hospital administrator.
Groups of international protesters have gathered in several locations in the West Bank and Gaza during two years of Palestinian violence, setting themselves up as "human shields" to try to stop Israeli operations there.
Corrie, 23, was the first member of the protesters, called "International Solidarity Groups," to be killed in the conflict.
Greg Schnabel, 28, from Chicago, a member of the Missouri-based group, said there were eight protesters at the site, four from the United States and four from Great Britain. "We stay with families whose house is to be demolished," he told the Associated Press by telephone from Rafah after the incident.
Smith said the protesters were in the house of Dr. Samir Masri. "Rachel was alone in front of the house as we were trying to get them to stop," he said. "She waved for bulldozer to stop and waved. She fell down and the bulldozer kept going. We yelled 'stop, stop', and the bulldozer didn't stop at all. It had completely run over her and then it reversed and ran back over her," he said.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Israel sends tanks and bulldozers into the area almost every day, destroying buildings near the Gaza-Egypt border. According to interim peace accords, Israel controls the border area. There are almost daily clashes between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers in the area.
Israeli Bulldozer Kills U.S. Woman, 23
1 hour, 9 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An American woman in Gaza to protest against Israeli operations was killed Sunday when she was run over by an Israeli bulldozer, witnesses and hospital officials said.
AP Photo
Witnesses said Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Wash., was trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said, when she was buried. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died, said Dr. Ali Moussa, a hospital administrator.
Groups of international protesters have gathered in several locations in the West Bank and Gaza during two years of Palestinian violence, setting themselves up as "human shields" to try to stop Israeli operations there.
Corrie, 23, was the first member of the protesters, called "International Solidarity Groups," to be killed in the conflict.
Greg Schnabel, 28, from Chicago, a member of the Missouri-based group, said there were eight protesters at the site, four from the United States and four from Great Britain. "We stay with families whose house is to be demolished," he told the Associated Press by telephone from Rafah after the incident.
Smith said the protesters were in the house of Dr. Samir Masri. "Rachel was alone in front of the house as we were trying to get them to stop," he said. "She waved for bulldozer to stop and waved. She fell down and the bulldozer kept going. We yelled 'stop, stop', and the bulldozer didn't stop at all. It had completely run over her and then it reversed and ran back over her," he said.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Israel sends tanks and bulldozers into the area almost every day, destroying buildings near the Gaza-Egypt border. According to interim peace accords, Israel controls the border area. There are almost daily clashes between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers in the area.
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