Do you think that justice has been done? No way? An Israeli court has ruled in a civil case that the Israel army was not at fault in the bulldozer death of American pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie nearly 10 years ago. Corrie, 23, was killed in 2003 while trying to block the bulldozer from razing Palestinian homes.
Corrie’s family had brought a civil claim for negligence against the Israeli ministry of defence. Corrie’s family had brought a civil claim for negligence against the Israeli ministry of defence. Corrie’s death sparked controversy and led to international media coverage, in part because she was an American, and in part because of the highly politicized nature of the conflict itself.
“I reached the conclusion that there was no negligence on the part of the bulldozer driver,” Judge Oded Gershon said, reading out his verdict on Tuesday at the Haifa District Court in northern Israel. Corrie was nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian civilian homes in Rafah, Gaza, when she died.
Cindy and Craig Corrie travelled to Israel from the US to hear the ruling along with a group of friends and activists. “I am hurt,” Corrie’s mother, Cindy, told reporters after the verdict was read. The Corries had requested a symbolic $1 in damages and legal expenses.
Rachel Corrie had arrived in the Holy Land on January 22, a young woman brimming with idealism, anger at injustice, and a determination to make a difference, however small. She had arranged peace events in her home town in Washington State and become a volunteer for the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
Craig Corrie said the soldiers, too, are victims. He does not view them with disdain. Pictures taken on the day Corrie died – March 16, 2003 – show her in an orange high-visibility jacket carrying a megaphone and blocking the path of an Israeli military bulldozer.
Corrie’s family had brought a civil claim for negligence against the Israeli ministry of defence. Corrie’s family had brought a civil claim for negligence against the Israeli ministry of defence. Corrie’s death sparked controversy and led to international media coverage, in part because she was an American, and in part because of the highly politicized nature of the conflict itself.
“I reached the conclusion that there was no negligence on the part of the bulldozer driver,” Judge Oded Gershon said, reading out his verdict on Tuesday at the Haifa District Court in northern Israel. Corrie was nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian civilian homes in Rafah, Gaza, when she died.
Cindy and Craig Corrie travelled to Israel from the US to hear the ruling along with a group of friends and activists. “I am hurt,” Corrie’s mother, Cindy, told reporters after the verdict was read. The Corries had requested a symbolic $1 in damages and legal expenses.
Rachel Corrie had arrived in the Holy Land on January 22, a young woman brimming with idealism, anger at injustice, and a determination to make a difference, however small. She had arranged peace events in her home town in Washington State and become a volunteer for the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
Craig Corrie said the soldiers, too, are victims. He does not view them with disdain. Pictures taken on the day Corrie died – March 16, 2003 – show her in an orange high-visibility jacket carrying a megaphone and blocking the path of an Israeli military bulldozer.
