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Peacemaker

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American student and pacifist, was killed while protesting Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza. She was participating in a non-violent sit-in to block a bulldozer from destroying homes when the driver advanced and ran her over. The Israeli authorities provided conflicting accounts of her death, contradicted by witness testimony and photos. Her death highlighted the daily destruction of Palestinian homes and their inability to defend themselves against Israeli military actions.

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Peacemaker

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American student and pacifist, was killed while protesting Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza. She was participating in a non-violent sit-in to block a bulldozer from destroying homes when the driver advanced and ran her over. The Israeli authorities provided conflicting accounts of her death, contradicted by witness testimony and photos. Her death highlighted the daily destruction of Palestinian homes and their inability to defend themselves against Israeli military actions.

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For peace

in memory to
RACHEL CORRIE
A few days ago a young
pacifist, Rachel Corrie of only
23 years lost her life. She was
a student of the Olympia
University (Washington) and
she made part of a voluntary
organization for justice and
peace.
With her pacifist organization
she remembers in occasion of
the anniversary of September
11 to remember the victims,
but also those of the war in
Afghanistan.
This year Rachel decided to pass from theory to action, she went
to Israel, where she was involved in action with a International
Solidarity Movement at the border of Palestine.

She participate to stop the Israelian bulldozer which destroy the


houses of kamikaze and their families in Palestine territories.
territories
To her friends she wrote by e-mails: “They destroy the houses also
if the people are still inside. They have no respect for nothing and
nobody”
On 15 march in an action near the Gaza line , Rachel was with her
friends to oppone against the demolitions.

“She was doing a sit-in on the way of the Bulldozer, the driver saw
her, but went straight on, passing over her” declares Joseph Smith,
american pacifist militant.
“the bulldozer put earth over her and began to press on her” told
Nicholas Dure, another friend of her
Her friends tried in every way to stop the bulldozer, and to give
her the first aid, but their was nothing to do.
Rachel Corrie lost her life with only 23 years, defending with her
body and her ideas the right of civil Palestines to have a house and
a peace of ground.
The Israeli authorities gave different
versions of the happening, but all of
them were contradicted by the
photos and testimonials.
The young was killed in a barbarian
way, while she was doing a pacific
sit-in.
Rachel and her friends denounced :
every day lots of houses are
destroyed in the Gaza line, and that
bombs damaged the sweet water
sinks in the camp of refugees in
Rafah and those have no possibility
to defend themselves without
staying in the fireline of israeli.
There have been a lot of initiatives in Olympia (Washington) and in
the US to remember Rachel.
• Send this message to all the
people you know to remember
what happens, to learn of it and
to never forget…
PEACE!!!

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