Archive for the 'Rachel Corrie' Category

Israeli military attacks weekly Bil’in protest, 17 injured including 7 journalists

Friday, March 28th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Region, Rachel Corrie, Video

Original article found on IMEMC. For original article click here.


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Rachel Corrie’s parents speak at Nablus demonstration to remember those killed in Gaza

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Rachel Corrie, Photos



Today 200 residents of Nablus and internationals gathered to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the murder...

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5 years on, we remember Rachel Corrie

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, Rachel Corrie

This article was originally published in The Observer newspaper on the 2nd March 2008

It is impossible to underestimate quite how much life for Rachel Corrie’s family has changed since she was killed by an Israeli army Caterpillar D9 bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on 16 March 2003. As Rachel’s elder sister Sarah puts it: ‘What...

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Daily News Egypt: US court dismisses Caterpillar case filed by Rachel Corrie and Palestinian families

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie

By: Jonas Moffat

In September, a US Court of Appeals dismissed a case against Caterpillar, Inc., which alleged seven claims, including aiding and abetting war crimes, extrajudicial killing, wrongful death, and other serious human rights violations.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) took the case on behalf of the...

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Solidarity With Rachel Corrie

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie

By Greta Berlin published in the Washington Post

Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page A17

Jane Horwitz’s article on “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” could have been an example of reporting on the best aspects of the play [”...

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A replay of tired lies

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 | Posted in Rachel Corrie, Commentary

By Huwaida Arraf and Neta Golan, Seattle Post Intelligencer

It is sad that J.L. Greenberg recycles discredited propaganda to defame the memory of Rachel Corrie and the ongoing,...

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The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Gaza Region, Rachel Corrie, Commentary

Ei: Bringing the discussion home: The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project
Andrew Ford Lyons, 1 May 2007

Possibly noteworthy was that more than 300 people attended the standing-room only public hearing on the project. People waited outside the building...

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Seattle Post Intelligencer: Corrie personified Northwest idealism

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie

Activist Corrie personified Northwest idealism
by Joe Copeland, 28 April 2007

Rachel Corrie’s beautiful life and sad story echo with the Northwest: idealism, independence and adventure. It’s fitting the inspiring play,...

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My Name is Rachel on Al Jazeera

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie

My name is Rachel on Al Jazeera
by Martinez, 20 April 2007


Rachel Corrie’s parent

Rachel Corrie’s parents and Braden Abraham, the director of My Name is Rachel Corrie, were interviewed last night...

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ZNet: Rachel’s Words Silenced Again

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 | Posted in International Actions, Rachel Corrie

Rachel’s Words Silenced Again
by Tom Wallace 12 April 2007

Once again the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” has been cancelled, this time in South Florida.

In New York and Toronto the play was cancelled due to pressure from the Jewish community...

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