INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
March 16, 2004
1/ The price of an orange - For Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, by
Starhawk
2/Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners
3/Praying for the land
4/UK protesters shut down Caterpillar
March 16, 2004
1/ The price of an orange - For Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, by
Starhawk
2/Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners
3/Praying for the land
4/UK protesters shut down Caterpillar
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1/The price of an orange - For Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, by
Starhawk
I am writing this as we approach the anniversary of two murders. And
I find
myself thinking about an orange, a ghost orange, growing on a branch
on a
ghost tree that no longer stands in the courtyard of a home crushed
to
bloodstained rubble. In Rafah, the border town that lies on the
dusty
frontier where Gaza meets Egypt. A place of cement tenements
pockmarked
with bullet holes, streets choking in dust and smashed concrete,
barbed wire
and fences and sniper towers, where Rachel and Tom died, like so
many of the
Palestinians they had come to stand with in solidarity.
To read full report, please go to:
http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports/writings/10Mar04_10_53_25GazaSta rhawk.htm
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2/Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners
The vigil was in support of Hussam Khader who is facing a military
trial in Israel's mock 'court' system, established by Israeli
military authorities in occupied Palestine in order to expedite the
detention of Palestinian prisoners. The illegitimate
kangaroo 'trials' that routinely occur in these courts have been
roundly condemned by international human rights organizations for
violating the fundamental principles of fair jurisprudence as
enshrined in international law.
To read full report, please go to:
http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports/writings/15Mar04_04_51_02JeninKo le.htm
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3/Praying for the land
On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 10:45am, around 60 Palestinians, along
with 10 Internationals and Israelis, left the centre of Beit Liqya,
a village located North West of Jerusalem. The villagers protest
against the Wall which is currently being built by the Israeli Army
throughout the West Bank. The wall will de-facto annex over half of
Beit Liqya's farmlands to Israel, cutting off major resources from
the residents. Yet, Beit Liqya, along with surrounding villages,
took its case to the Israeli Supreme Court and got an injunction
ordering the army to cease all work on their land until the outcome
of a court hearing, postponed to next Wednesday. However, the
Israeli army is deliberately ignoring this injunction and has
continued to destroy more farmlands.
To read full report, please go to:
http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports/writings/15Mar04_10_08_22Jerusal emISMBiddu.htm
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4/UK protesters shut down Caterpillar
A Caterpillar factory in Shrewsbury,UK has been entered and shut
down by protesters in memory or Rachel Corrie.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/03/287035.html 
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Rachel Corrie fought for world she believed in
16.03.2004 17:12
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
By MOLLY MCCLAIN
GUEST COLUMNIST
Last year on the afternoon of March 16, an Israeli soldier -- intentionally, I believe -- ran over 23-year-old Rachel Corrie in the occupied territories of Palestine with an armored Caterpillar bulldozer. Rachel was trying to prevent the soldier from crashing that bulldozer into the house of a Palestinian family in Rafah. There was good reason to believe the soldier was going to demolish the house, as the Israeli army has destroyed more than 1,000 homes and misplaced nearly 15,000 people in that small town in the past two years.
FULL ARTICLE:
MOLLY MCCLAIN
Rachel Corrie was killed by Israel's illegal wall
16.03.2004 17:17
Guest columnist
Rachel Corrie was killed by Israel's illegal wall
By Steve Niva
Special to The Times
A year has passed since Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist from Olympia, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer while nonviolently trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government has refused to release its entire June 2003 military police investigation report to the United States but continues to claim that her death was simply an "unfortunate accident," despite the testimony of six eyewitnesses who claim that Corrie, with her bright orange jacket, was clearly visible to the bulldozer drivers, and that the bulldozer lifted her up and drove over her repeatedly with its plow down.
It is no wonder that the Corrie family is urging Congress to pass House Concurrent Resolution 111, which calls upon the "United States government to undertake a full, fair, and expeditious investigation into the death of Rachel Corrie."
Yet, while questions remain about the details of her death, there should be no question about its ultimate cause. Corrie was killed by Israel's wall.
FULL ARTICLE
Steve Niva teaches international politics and Middle East studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia and worked with Rachel Corrie before she was killed.
Steve Niva