March 16, 2010

This month, a civil lawsuit in Israel in the case of Rachel Corrie will converge with the seven-year anniversary of her killing in Gaza. A human rights observer and activist, Rachel, 23, was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Force (IDF) Caterpillar D9R bulldozer as she tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian family whose home was threatened with demolition. This lawsuit is one piece of her family’s seven-year effort to pursue accountabiliy for Rachel while, also, challenging the Occupation that claimed her life.

In what some will mark as an “International Day of Conscience,” on March 16 (or in days before and after) please help us bring attention to the trial in Israel in Rachel's case and the larger, but connected, issues. Try to be visible - in events, vigils, and actions that call for truth, accountability and justice, in Rachel’s case and link to the following:

• Lack of accountability for thousands of lives lost, or indelibly injured, by occupation—in a besieged and beleaguered Gaza and throughout Palestine/Israel.

• The Israeli Government and Military assault on nonviolent human rights activists (Palestinian, Israeli, and international).

• Lack of access for Palestinians to Israeli courts.

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