Pro-Palestinian Organization Named After Rachel Corrie
Tareq Delwani | 29.06.2003 22:31 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism
AMMAN, June 29 (IslamOnline.net) - The family of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed last March in the occupied Palestinian town of Rafah when an Israeli Caterpillar bulldozer ran over her, are set to lay the foundations of a pro-Palestinians organization that would carry her name and will sue the Israeli army, chairman and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Adam Shapiro said Saturday, June 28.
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Pro-Palestinian Organization Named After Rachel Corrie
By Tareq Delwani, IOL Jordan Correspondent
Islam Online
June 29, 2003
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/article06.shtml
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Corrie is seen as "the martyr" of peace by the Palestinians
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Shapiro says Israel has killed four ISM members to date
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AMMAN, June 29 (IslamOnline.net) - The family of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed last March in the occupied Palestinian town of Rafah when an Israeli Caterpillar bulldozer ran over her, are set to lay the foundations of a pro-Palestinians organization that would carry her name and will sue the Israeli army, chairman and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Adam Shapiro said Saturday, June 28.
In an exclusive interview with IslamOnline.net, Shapiro said that the organization will start its activities next summer to carry the torch passed by C orrie.
Corrie's parents urged the supporters of the Palestinian cause worldwide to boycott the U.S. Caterpillar construction company, which razes Palestinian land, demolishes houses and build the separating wall between the West Bank and Israel.
The Israeli prosecution acquitted Saturday the driver of the bulldozer and decided not to accept further indictment slates against him, as a military Israeli spokesman said that the driver “did not see” Corrie.
But an eyewitness told IOL on the ill-fated day that "he (the driver) absolutely knew she was there. She ended up completely underneath it (the bulldozer)".
"The bulldozer started piling dust over her and nearly buried her in half. After that it started hitting her head and limbs with the tip of the bulldozer causing Rachel to sustain serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital," he added.
Shapiro said that Israeli occupation troops denied him access to the Palestinian territories during his visit on Friday, June 27, under the pretext that he "poses a threat to Israel's security."
On the ISM activities, Shapiro said that the members of the four-year-old movement has reached 1500 after Corrie's incident, including Italian, Danish, British and Brazilian MPs.
The ISM is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation.
He said one of the most moving incidents in the Palestinian territories over the past few years is the cold-blooded killing of one of his intimate friends at the hands of Israeli soldiers, noting that occupation troops have gunned down four ISM members so far.
Shapiro further said he received death threats more than one time and is being harassed by Zionist bodies and newspapers in the U.S., noting that the U.S. New York Post paper alleged that he belonged to the ousted Taliban movement.
Over the past few months, peace activists paid dearly with their lives for their pro-Palestinian praise-worthy support.
In addition to Corrie, Thomas Hurndall, a 21-year-old British activist, was shot dead in the head by an Israeli soldier on April 11 in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/article06.shtml
Related articles and sites:
Israeli Bulldozer Runs Over U.S. Pacifist
March 17, 2003
http://islamonline.net/english/News/2003-03/17/article04.shtml Israeli Snipers Kill British Activist
April 11, 2003
http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-04/11/article12.shtml International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
http://www.palsolidarity.org/ ---
Pro-Palestinian Organization Named After Rachel Corrie
By Tareq Delwani, IOL Jordan Correspondent
Islam Online
June 29, 2003
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/article06.shtml ----------------------------------------------
photos:
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/images/pic06.jpg Corrie is seen as "the martyr" of peace by the Palestinians
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/images/pic06a.jpg Shapiro says Israel has killed four ISM members to date
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AMMAN, June 29 (IslamOnline.net) - The family of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed last March in the occupied Palestinian town of Rafah when an Israeli Caterpillar bulldozer ran over her, are set to lay the foundations of a pro-Palestinians organization that would carry her name and will sue the Israeli army, chairman and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Adam Shapiro said Saturday, June 28.
In an exclusive interview with IslamOnline.net, Shapiro said that the organization will start its activities next summer to carry the torch passed by C orrie.
Corrie's parents urged the supporters of the Palestinian cause worldwide to boycott the U.S. Caterpillar construction company, which razes Palestinian land, demolishes houses and build the separating wall between the West Bank and Israel.
The Israeli prosecution acquitted Saturday the driver of the bulldozer and decided not to accept further indictment slates against him, as a military Israeli spokesman said that the driver “did not see” Corrie.
But an eyewitness told IOL on the ill-fated day that "he (the driver) absolutely knew she was there. She ended up completely underneath it (the bulldozer)".
"The bulldozer started piling dust over her and nearly buried her in half. After that it started hitting her head and limbs with the tip of the bulldozer causing Rachel to sustain serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital," he added.
Shapiro said that Israeli occupation troops denied him access to the Palestinian territories during his visit on Friday, June 27, under the pretext that he "poses a threat to Israel's security."
On the ISM activities, Shapiro said that the members of the four-year-old movement has reached 1500 after Corrie's incident, including Italian, Danish, British and Brazilian MPs.
The ISM is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation.
He said one of the most moving incidents in the Palestinian territories over the past few years is the cold-blooded killing of one of his intimate friends at the hands of Israeli soldiers, noting that occupation troops have gunned down four ISM members so far.
Shapiro further said he received death threats more than one time and is being harassed by Zionist bodies and newspapers in the U.S., noting that the U.S. New York Post paper alleged that he belonged to the ousted Taliban movement.
Over the past few months, peace activists paid dearly with their lives for their pro-Palestinian praise-worthy support.
In addition to Corrie, Thomas Hurndall, a 21-year-old British activist, was shot dead in the head by an Israeli soldier on April 11 in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/29/article06.shtml
Tareq Delwani
