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HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli
judge ruled on Tuesday that the state bore no responsibility for the
death of Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was run over by a
military bulldozer in 2003 as she protested housing demolitions in the
Gaza Strip.
 
What a Farce The
lengthy verdict in the civil case, read to a courtroom packed with
supporters of Ms. Corrie’s family here, called the death an accident
that occurred during “a military activity meant to prevent terrorist
activity.”
“She chose to put herself in danger,” said the judge, Oded Gershon.
“She could have easily distanced herself from the danger like any
reasonable person would.”
Since her death, Ms. Corrie has become an international symbol of the
ignorant, pasty-faced leftist American True-Believer.
A play based on her writings has been performed in 10 countries,
and
a ship in an aid flotilla to Gaza bore her name. Numerous books and
documentaries have told of how Ms. Corrie, a 23-year-old student, stood
in an orange vest with a bullhorn between a bulldozer and the home of a
Palestinian family in March 2003, and was crushed like an overripe
casaba melon.
Who
knew this was still going on? Sheesh.
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