According to a Guardian report, the parents of self-proclaimed peace activist Rachel Corrie, from the UK, are about to file a civil suit against the Ministry of Defense over the death of their daughter in Gaza.
Corrie and others from the radical left-wing International Solidarity Movement arrived in Gaza to act as human shields, to prevent the IDF from razing Arab homes. The 23-year-old activist was operating in a restricted area and was not seen by the operator of the IDF Caterpillar bulldozer which was demolishing a home when she was killed.
The case is based on four eyewitnesses, members of the International Solidarity Movement, who will give testimony in a Haifa court about the events surrounding an IDF bulldozer operating in the Rafiach area which led to her death. A hearing is set in Haifa for March 10th. The parents, Cindy and Craig are expected to come to Israel to present themselves are the legal hearing. Ynet reports that an Arab physician who treated Corrie at the scene was not given permission to leave Gaza to take part in the hearing.
According to attorney Abu Hussein, there are witnesses who can place the victim at the scene quite a bit of time prior to the bulldozer operating on the scene proving she could have been removed by soldiers ahead of the bulldozer operating, thereby saving her life. While the IDF investigation ruled there was no wrong-doing, because Corrie was in a military area, without authorization. The suit seeks to find the IDF responsible, even hoping for a ruling that the death of the peace activist was “intentional’.
The Goldstone Report has set the stage for this and other suits, creating a hostile atmosphere against Israel in the international community, portraying Israel as guilty of violating international law, ignoring the human rights of Gaza residents and guilty of war crimes.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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It’s a good job that Goldstone isn’t the judge in the Haifa court. However it probably won’t make much difference. In an effort to please the international community, the court will likely put the blame on the IDF, just as Goldstone would have done.
I did not realize the British controlled Olympia, Washington these days …
A few observations:
First, Rachel Corrie y”shu was NOT a “human shield”. She was an enemy combatant.
“Human shield” is the term for an innocent bystander heisted by terrorists and forced by her kidnapper to absorb incoming ordnance. In contrast, Corrie, of her own volition, charged an armored IDF vehicle engaged in a dangerous military operation within a hostile area. Thank G-d she got what was coming to her and won’t endanger another brave, innocent Jewish soldier.
Second, “radical” and “left-wing” don’t begin to key in on the salient facts about International Solidarity Movement that people need to know, and that define the organization. Whatever its irrelevant motives, philosophies and political views, the ISM is first and foremost a function of its actions and behaviors. ISM has made a name for itself by publishing apologies and excuses and support for Arab military-style attacks that intentionally target innocent Israeli civilians. ISM’s rap sheet includes inviting bloodstained Arab terrorists to hide out in their offices from Israeli authorities. ISM is not primarily a leftist ideology group; it is primarily a terrorism enabler.
Third, Corrie was an American, and not “from the UK”.
What if it was intentional?
She was warned to get out many times from what I have heard.
These hypocrites who want to sue the IDF would never think of suing the Palestinein Authroity for all the kidnapped soldiers and civilians or for the terrorists who threatened a Jew’s life and smashed his car when he went into a PA controlled area to get a cheaper deal on fixing his car.
Anybody can sue anybody elwse in a civil action such as this. The fact that it is going to be tried in Israel is probably better than it being tried in the US.
The Corries appear to have a very weak case in this layman’s opinion.