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Four eyewitnesses describe the murder of Rachel Corrie

Tom Dale, Greg Schnabel, Richard Purssell and Joe Smith

International Solidarity Movement

March 19, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver on 16 March 2003 while attempting to defend a Palestinian doctor’s home from demolition. Four of the seven International Solidarity Movement members present have written their recollections of the incident: Tom Dale (US), Greg Schnabel (UK), Richard Purssell (UK), and Joe Smith (US).

Photo:

Rachel nonviolently blocks Israeli bulldozers from destroying Palestinian homes along the Rafah/Egyptian border along with nine other International Solidarity Movement volunteers. Photo was taken earlier in the day on March 16, 2003.

Photography by Joe Carr

http://electronicintifada.net/content/four-eyewitnesses-describe-murder-rachel-corrie/4460