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Emotions ran high at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival over the showing of Rachel, a film that looks at the International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie and her death in Gaza in March 2003. The controversy had been brewing for some time, concerning both the showing of the film and the invitation to Rachel's mother, Cindy Corrie, to speak at the festival. In the wake of protests against the showing of the film last Saturday, Peter Stein, the festival's executive director, invited Dr. Mike Harris, one of the leaders of the local Stand With Us chapter, to speak in...

It is one thing to voice criticism of Israeli policy in Israel. All one has to do is read Haaretz on a regular basis and one will see many examples of this. But when Jews in America feature what is essentially Hamas propaganda as art, and show it at a yearly Jewish film festival, it is an altogether different thing. As writer Jamie Glazov asked: “Why is a Jewish film festival giving a platform to a documentary and to an individual that serve the cause of anti-Jewish hate?” The latest example recently took place at San Francisco’s annual Jewish Film...

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has come under siege after deciding to show a documentary about Rachel Corrie, a Washington state 23-year-old killed in 2003 while trying to prevent an Israeli military bulldozer from demolishing a Palestinian's home. Whether Corrie naively put herself in harm's way in support of terrorists or was intentionally killed by the Israeli military is the nexus of the controversy. Compounding the issue, festival organizers invited Corrie's mother, Cindy, to speak after today's showing at the Castro Theatre of the film "Rachel." It is one of 71 films at this year's festival, which includes two...

The Church of England announced Monday it had withdrawn its investments in a controversial company over the weekend following a threat by a group of vicars to publish a letter denouncing the Church's investment, but denied there were any political or ethical consideration in what it called an economically informed decision. The Church of England said Monday that it withdrew £2.2 million ($3.3 million) from Caterpillar Inc. in late December 2008 because of economic considerations. Israel used bulldozers bought from the U.S.-based manufacturer of construction and mining equipment to demolish Palestinian homes. " The Church of England withdrew shares it...

"My Name Is Rachel Corrie," a play about the 23-year-old college student and human rights activist who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza while defending a Palestinian home from demolition five years ago, has been staged in so many places around the world that her parents can't keep track. It debuted at the Royal Court Theatre in London in April 2005. Since then, it's been staged in Peru, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Greece and Canada. Soon it will be seen in Argentina, Africa, Spain, France and Australia. "There are plans for it on all the continents with the...

Follow the link to read about a play making a hero out of Rachel Corrie that is running in Montreal. Corrie was a nitwit, indoctrinated by Israel-hating leftists at Evergreen State College who got flattened by an Israeli military bulldozer. Good riddance to her! Anyone dumb enough not to move out of the way of a slow moving bulldozer shouldn't be using up valuable oxygen. Does the play have a bulldozer come on stage, like the helicopter in Miss Saigon? Because watching a re-enactment of the flattening of the unlamented Rachel Corrie might be worth the price of a ticket.

<p>A federal appeals court panel has refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought against Caterpillar Inc. by the family of a 23-year-old peace activist crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer.</p>

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs Cynthia and Craig Corrie, Mahmoud Al Sho’bi, Fathiya Muhammad Sulayman Fayed, Fayez Ali Mohammed Abu Hussein, Majeda Radwan Abu Hussein, and Eida Ibrahim Suleiman Khalafallah filed this action after their family members were killed or injured when the Israeli Defense Forces (“IDF”) demolished homes in the Palestinian Territories using bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar, Inc., a United States corporation. The IDF ordered the bulldozers directly from Caterpillar, but the United States government paid for them. The district court dismissed the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), finding it lacked jurisdiction because, inter alia, the political...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Monday whether there is merit to a lawsuit by the family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old activist from Olympia killed by a bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003. The defendant in the case is Caterpillar, which made the D9 bulldozer involved in her death. The case, Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar, was filed in Seattle in 2005, but a district court dismissed it. After this hearing, the appeals court will rule whether the suit should be dismissed or sent back to the lower court. Cindy and Craig...

Palestine Mickey Mouse, Rachel Corrie Parents Incite Violence Against Israel By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel ---- May 13, 2007 ...... Perhaps not since the days of Nazi Youth, Hitler Youth has the Western world witnessed the systematic teaching of racist hatred to children. In the 1920's, 30's and early 40's the Hitler-Jugend had enlisted over 25,000 boys aged fourteen and upwards. It also set up a junior branch, the Deutsches Jungvolk, for boys aged ten to fourteen. Girls from ten to eighteen were given their own organization, the Bund Deutscher Ma"del (or BDM), the League of German...

"I’m here because children everywhere are suffering...." - from speech by a 10-year-old Rachel Corrie. Children are indeed suffering in many places. So are adults. Three children were murdered in Rachel Corrie’s “Palestine” on Monday, December 11. Up to 3,200 Arab families could lose their homes to government bulldozers. Two sisters who were evidently Muslim were murdered for their teachings. If Corrie’s friends in the International Solidarity Movement are looking for a cause, the three incidents listed above amount to a small sample of available causes. The two main problems with this scenario for the ISM is that Jews are...

NEW YORK--Politics makes artists stupid. Take "My Name Is Rachel Corrie," the one-woman play cobbled together from the diaries, emails and miscellaneous scribblings of the 23-year-old left-wing activist who was run over by an Israeli Army bulldozer in 2003 while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip. Co-written and directed by Alan Rickman, one of England's best actors, "Rachel Corrie" just opened off-Broadway after a successful London run. It's an ill-crafted piece of goopy give-peace-a-chance agitprop--yet it's being performed to cheers and tears before admiring crowds of theater-savvy New Yorkers who, like Mr. Rickman himself, ought...

Barf alert! Last night on NY1 (owned by the Clinton News Network) the producer and lead actress of "I am Rachel Corie" were drooling over the late terrorist's last crusade. Corie, as you may recall, was the American activist on the side of the terrorists/Palestinians in Gaza, who got in the way of an Israeli bulldozer and was killed. After the terrorists and leftwing press lionized her, a photo of her burning the American flag was discovered. The play about her life, directed by Alan Rickman, a leftwing Brit actor, played in London and is opening at the Minetta Theater...

University of Wisconsin students gathered Wednesday night to discuss the United States’ longstanding relations with Israel and its implications on modern foreign policy. The discussion, titled “Axis of Empire: Why the U.S. Supports Israel’s Terror,” was hosted by the International Socialist Organization’s Madison branch. Generating debate about the U.S. motives for maintaining relations with Israel, the discussion peered into exactly what sparked the conflict between Israel and Lebanon this summer. UW graduate student and ISO member Elizabeth Wrigley-Field said Progressives in America should try to get the government to stop funding Israel and to “stop pursuing its own military adventurism”...

RUSH: I meant to tell you this little story yesterday, slipped my mind. As some of you may remember, I was in Los Angeles over the weekend. I flew out there right after the broadcast on Friday, because I had some work to do very early Saturday morning. I participated in the production of a little pilot television show that is going to be presented to a network later this month for eventual sale. I'm not going to be a cast member. I just had a little bit part in it. We had to shoot this thing at seven in...

A new group, called "Middle East Solidarity" (AKA support the terrorists and worship Saint Pancake, Rachel Corrie), was created by the ultra left on my campus. The reason for formation of this group is that Stop the War had it's Student Org status revoked due to it's vandalism to the ROTC building (cutting the rope to the US flag) and constant harassment of recuiters at events. Also, I suspect a link to the International Solidarity movement, thus the Saint Pancake reference earlier. There is one catch however. The problem with the new group is that it is a contiuation of...

After the New York Theater Workshop had the good taste to back away from staging "My Name is Rachel Corrie" a few months ago, the British production has moved to New York's Minetta Lane Theater for a one-month run starting October 15th. It's a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old American "human rights" campaigner (i.e. terrorist rights campaigner), who was crushed in 2003 when she wouldn't get out of the way of an Israeli bulldozer as she protected a Palestinian explosive-smuggling tunnel from demolition. Reuters reported that the play, directed by actor Alan Rickman, "was...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play about an American human rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip opens in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship. "My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. human rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building. Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement on Thursday the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane...

In between hitting cops and and playing the race card, wacko Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., keeps busy with the left on a number of subjects. Just pulling her file is a full day's work, but it is worthwhile keeping track of her activities if only to prove that she is not only a racist leftist, but also one who support all types of radical causes, especially if they are anti-American, pro-Communist, anti-Israel and anti-death penalty. Never one to miss an opportunity to stick it to Israel, McKinney put a "Tribute to Rachel Corrie" in the "Extension of Remarks" in the...

Play pushed underground Cancelled in New York, the first Toronto reading of My Name Is Rachel Corrie is being held at a secret location Apr. 21, 2006. 01:00 AM RICHARD OUZOUNIAN THEATRE CRITIC Rachel Corrie was born in Washington, killed in the Gaza Strip, praised in London and censored in Manhattan. Now she's being forced to go underground in Toronto. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a play based on the life and words of the 23-year-old American activist who died in Gaza on March 16, 2003, after an incident involving an Israeli Defence Forces bulldozer. Corrie's supporters claim she...

Rachel Corrie went to Gaza to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians, whose voice is seldom heard in her country, the US. That she herself should be silenced - first by an Israeli bulldozer, next by a New York theatre cancelling a play created from her words - is a testimony to the power of her message. This song was written on a plane on March 20 and recorded at Big Sky Recordings, Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 22. The tune is borrowed from Bob Dylan. An Israeli bulldozer killed poor Rachel Corrie As she stood in its...

On March 16, 2003, 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while acting as a "human shield" against the demolition of a Palestinian home in Rafah. She immediately became a martyr and a political symbol for the Palestinian cause. To many Israelis, however, she naively intruded into an enormously complex political situation of which she was largely ignorant. Others, here and abroad, considered her an aid to terrorists and a traitor. Mostly, however, her death has transformed her into an almost mythic figure. The web is bursting with tribute sites, and there have been documentaries about her life...

If there were poetic justice, if Hollywood or the publishing industry had true courage, the story of Rachel Corrie would be coming to a big screen or bookstore near you. For now, the streets of Seattle will have to do. Tonight marks the third anniversary of the day Rachel died. A public reading of her mature writings will be held at 5 p.m. at Westlake Plaza. Rachel was in the Middle East, trying to protect the home of a Palestinian from immoral demolition, when an Israeli soldier driving a Caterpillar bulldozer killed her. He ran her over. Maybe the young...

Truly, reality has come full circle, as Indymedia unwittingly imitates Little Green Footballs: Rachel Corrie Pancake Breakfast. (Hat tip: IDF Dave.) No, it’s not a joke. The Rachel Corrie Memorial Committee of Victoria Invites you to a pancake breakfast at Denny’s Restaurant Sunday March 12 , 2006 10 am. The Public is invited to a memorial pancake breakfast at Denny’s Restaurant on Douglas Street near Finlayson, 10 am, Sunday March 12, 2006 to celebrate the life and untimely death of Rachel Corrie, Peace Activist with the International Solidarity Movement. There will be a reading of selections from Ms. Corrie’s letters...

A potential Off Broadway production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie," an acclaimed solo show about an American demonstrator killed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to stop the destruction of a Palestinian home, has been postponed because of concerns about the show's political content. The production, a hit at the Royal Court Theater in London last year, had been tentatively scheduled to start performances at the New York Theater Workshop in the East Village on March 22. But yesterday, James C. Nicola, the artistic director of the workshop, said he had decided to postpone the show after polling local...

The use of Caterpillar bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes should not stop the Church of England from investing in the company, writes Rev Gill Jackson In May, the Church of England’s Ethnical Investment Advisory Group committed itself to a robust and rigorous review of the Church’s £2.2 million shareholding in Caterpillar Inc – the United States-based manufacturer of construction and mining equipment – based on concerns over the use of Caterpillar bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes. After numerous meetings with political groups, voluntary agencies and Caterpillar itself, the recommendation was for the Church not to disinvest. However, less than a...

New evidence implicates ISM in Rachel Corrie's death by Bill Levinson Omdurman.org has already compiled several pieces of evidence to suggest that the International Solidarity Movement and/or its Palestinian handlers knowingly and willfully set up peace activist Rachel Corrie to be killed so they could make propaganda. Further information has come to light that reinforces this belief. Recently, the Director of the Solidarity Movement, George Rishmawi, explained to the San Francisco Chronicle that the recruitment of American student volunteers is useful to the Palestinian Movement because "if some of these foreign volunteers get shot or even killed, then the international...

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Corrie:By now your open letter to the world, "A Call to Action; Rachel’s Words Live", has been reprinted in many different media outfits, including the viciously anti-Jewish Counterpunch magazine , in the Guardian, and was even published in Hebrew in Israel’s far-leftist anti-Zionist daily Haaretz.  You begin your epistle by recalling that your daughter was "killed by an Israeli bulldozer", but you neglect to mention the circumstances under which she was so killed (nor the fact that she died from her injuries while under Palestinian medical care).  You then add, " She had been working...

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Corrie: By now your open letter to the world, "A Call to Action; Rachel's Words Live", has been reprinted in many different media outfits, including the viciously anti-Jewish Counterpunch magazine , in the Guardian, and was even published in Hebrew in Israel's far-leftist anti-Zionist daily Haaretz.  You begin your epistle by recalling that your daughter was "killed by an Israeli bulldozer", but you neglect to mention the circumstances under which she was so killed (nor the fact that she died from her injuries while under Palestinian medical care). You then add, "She had been working in Rafah with a nonviolent...

When 23-year-old American Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza, she was protesting the impending demolition of a Palestinian home. More than two years later, Craig and Cindy Corrie say they are trying to carry on their daughter's work. In a bid to raise money to rebuild the bulldozed house and others nearby, the Corries have started a seven-state tour with Khaled and Samah Nasrallah - one of two Palestinian families who lived in the house Rachel died protecting. On Friday, the tour comes to Rachel Corrie's hometown of Olympia. "Rachel, when she was in...

Distorted images litter London's theaters and American newspapers In case you think that all U.S. citizens are unpopular in Europe these days, it turns out at least one American is getting the hero treatment. Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old woman from Olympia, Washington, who served as a volunteer for the anti-Israel International Solidarity Movement is the subject of a popular play that has earned rave reviews from London's notoriously hard-to-please critics. Corrie was killed in March 2003 by an Israeli army bulldozer she'd attempted to stop from completing its mission of destroying a Palestinian building in Gaza that was believed to...

My Name Is Rachel Thaler is not the title of a play likely to be produced anytime soon in London. Thaler, aged 16, was blown up at a pizzeria in an Israeli shopping mall. She died after an 11-day struggle for life following the February 16, 2002 attack when a suicide bomber approached a crowd of teenagers and blew himself up. She was a British citizen, born in London, where her grandparents still live. Yet I doubt that anyone at London's Royal Court Theatre, or most people in the British media, have heard of her. "Not a single British journalist...

      Wednesday, April 13th 12:00 noon-3:00 pmNorthern Trust Bank 50 South La Salle Street International Day of Action Against Caterpillar, Inc. Mobilization at Caterpillar Shareholders Meeting Caterpillar equipment is being used by the Israel Defense Forces to destroy roads, orchards, greenhouses, agricultural land and the homes of more than 50,000 Palestinians. Dozens have died such as Nabila al-Shu'bi, who was 7 months pregnant when she was killed with 7 members of her family in a home demolition, and international peace and justice activist Rachel Corrie. While US taxpayers foot the bill, Caterpillar profits from this illegal destruction....

LONDON, April 3, 2005, (WAFA)- New play named as "My Name is Rachel Corrie" is to be presented at the Royal Court Theatre in Aprirl 16, in London, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said. The story talks abut the US peace activist "Corrie" who left the United States to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), to express her solidarity with the Palestinian people and to scarify her life for the just rights of the Palestinian people. Corrie 23, was murdered when an Israeli bulldozer ran over her on March 16, 2003, while she was trying to prevent from demolishing houses in the...

Rachel Corrie had a choice By Angela Bertz March 2003 saw the death of two young women in their 20's. One of them died a horrible and senseless death. On March 5th Moran Shushan, aged 20, got on the number 17 bus in Haifa. Unbeknown to her on that same bus sat a Palestinian homicide bomber. He carried an explosive belt round his waist which had been packed with shrapnel. She was a bright and pretty young girl of 20 who loved to dance. She had three sisters one of which was her twin. Thankfully Moran probably had no idea...

The family of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah two years ago, sued the State of Israel and the IDF for damages in the Haifa District Court on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Corrie was killed on March 16, 2003 when she tried to block an IDF bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian house near the Philadelphi Route, the strip of land in the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt. An IDF investigation ruled the incident was an accident and that the driver did not see Corrie, and the military prosecutor's office decided not to press charges...

Rachel Corrie is still registered to voteNearly two years after her fatal accident, Rachel Corrie is still registered to vote in Thurston County. The voting history (not online) shows that Corrie last voted in 2001. But it seems weird that she's still registered. The nominal excuse must be that she died outside the state, so she was never listed in the Vital Records reports. On the other hand, a lot of registered voters must die out of state and there would have to be some way for county election officials to figure out when to cancel the registration of someone...

JERWOOD THEATRE UPSTAIRS Taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE Directed by Alan Rickman 07 April 2005 - 30 April 2005 Evening Performances - Monday – Saturday 7.45pm Saturday Matinees - 16, 23, 30 April 4pm Press night(s) - Thursday 14, Friday 15 April 7pm Why did a 23-year-old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home? The short life and sudden death of Rachel Corrie, and the words she left behind. MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE has been developed by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, in collaboration...

In Washington state, a mother still struggles over the meaning of her daughter's sacrifice. In March, 2003, Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death in Rafah, Gaza, beneath an Israeli bulldozer in an incident photos and witnesses suggest was a cold-blooded killing. Rachel was shielding the home of a Palestinian physician whose home was targeted to enhance the security of the troops who make the lives of Gazans a living hell. "I can't imagine any parent could feel losing a child would be worth it, but I know it was worthwhile for Rachel to do what she was doing to...

“Rachel opposed hate and racism and oppression wherever she found it,” said Cindy Corrie during a tribute to her daughter last night. The young American activist was killed by a bulldozer in Gaza while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Cindy and her husband Craig Corrie’s talk, titled “A Tribute to Rachel Corrie,” was part of Palestine Awareness Month, which is sponsored by the Coalition for Justice and the Muslim Student Awareness Network. According to Mrs. Corrie, Rachel, a 23-year-old from Olympia, Wash. was always seen as an activist to her hometown. As a 10-year-old she delivered...

  Caterpillar Protest PlannedPosted April 5, 2004 8:56am (Chicago-AP) -- The parents of a young Washington State woman who was killed by an Israeli soldier driving a Caterpillar bulldozer are urging people to join in protests against Caterpillar later this month in Chicago and Peoria. Craig and Cindy Corrie addressed a rally at a church in downtown Chicago yesterday to urge them to join the protests. The Corries' 23-year-old daughter, Rachel, was run down by the bulldozer in March of last year as she was trying to protest the razing of a Palestinian home in Gaza. Israeli officials later cleared the soldier...

Remembering Rachel A year ago, Rachel Corrie was killed while defending Palestinian homes from destruction in Gaza. The world was shocked. A resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives commemorating her death, expressing sympathy for Rachel’s loved ones, and calling for an independent investigation, but it is stalled. On the anniversary of her death this week, newspapers around the nation featured editorials commemorating Rachel Corrie. The exception was the Wall Street Journal… Simply Disgraceful An appalling piece in the Wall Street Journal this week written by Israeli translator, editor, and writer Ruhama Shattan. Its sole purpose is to...

WASHINGTON, Mar 17 (IPS) - Still angered by the death of Rachel Corrie, a U.S peace activist who was run over and crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer, peace campaigners here are urging U.S. legislators to investigate the death of the 23-year-old activist. Corrie was killed in Rafah, Palestine while trying to stop the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) on Mar. 16, 2003. The U.S. company Caterpillar Inc, based in Illinois, built the nine-ton bulldozer that ran over Corrie, a college student from Olympia in Washington State. Her death made...

On April 23, in Peoria, Illinois, three peace activist groups, including Rachel Corrie's parents, intend to protest the manufacture of Caterpillar bulldozers that are bought by Israel. The details of the protest are in the below pro-palestinian propaganga: Event: Stop Cat demonstration at CAT headquarters in Peoria www.peacechicago.org Description: Buses from Chicago and the surrounding area are being organized, for tickets contact me at matt@stopcat.org Our plans for April 23rd are to meet at Bradley Park (1700 Park Ave) in Peoria at Noon for a short rally, then march to CAT headquarters and demand that James Owens, the current CEO,...

Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, have devoted the past year to speaking about their daughter, who was killed one year ago as she attempted to stop a bulldozer approaching a Palestinian home. On the wall is a poster made by an artist in Rachel's honor.OLYMPIA — It isn't that they intended to turn the dining room into a shrine, explains Cindy Corrie, looking at a silk-screened, framed print of daughter Rachel. It's just that after Rachel Corrie died last year, as she tried to stop an Israeli bulldozer from demolishing a Palestinian home, her parents were hurled...

http://www.hklook.com/english.htm MIDI - COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSERIn a PLO town was a girl named Rachel Corrie She was reading to children anti-American stories She was brainwashed by mom and dad By a college professor was had But one day she would run out of luck and things turned out ba-a-ad Hello, Mr. Bulldozer, you can't touch this house...I'll stand in your way Hello, Mr. Bulldozer, Jews must be stopped...this will not be your day She was burning our flag with the little terrorists cheering And to the scum of the earth she became someone who's quite endearing She was...

ATLANTA, Georgia Only a year ago, the month of March would have held the same positive associations for me as it has for many - the beginning of the end of winter, the promise of springtime and even summer. This year, and for every year for the rest of my life, the approach of March will mean something else entirely - the anniversary of the brutal death of my cousin, Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, an Israeli soldier and his commander ran over Rachel with a nine-ton Caterpillar bulldozer while she stood - unarmed, clearly visible in her orange...

March 16 is the first anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death. I want to thank Corrie for the explosives that flow freely from Egypt to Gaza, via the smuggling tunnels under the Gaza homes that she died defending. Perhaps it was these explosives that in the year since her martyrdom – oops, death – have been strapped around suicide bombers to blow up city buses and restaurants in Israeli cities, particularly in Jerusalem, killing men, women, and schoolchildren (two of them classmates of my daughter and her friend in the February 22, 2004 bombing), and leaving hundreds more widows, orphans, and...

'In Athens They Call Her She Who Would Not Retreat'February 17, 2004 By Leslie Knopp The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions presented a posthumous award to Rachel Corrie, who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer while protecting a Palestinian home. OLYMPIA - Activist Rachel Corrie was far from her Olympia home, but she guarded Palestinians' homes as if they were her own. Last March she stood between the home of a Palestinian doctor and an Israeli bulldozer. She was acting as a human shield. The driver ran her down, killing her. "In Athens they call her 'she who...

<p>Elizabeth Corrie would see her younger cousin every summer at the family vacation spot on Minnesota's Cedar Lake.</p> <p>Elizabeth, a Midlothian High School alumna who teaches at a private school in Atlanta, was born nearly a decade earlier than Rachel. But they shared a similar sense of humor, a yearning for social justice and a desire to make a difference.</p>