Rachel Corrie (1979-2003)
It's three years since the Israeli Defence Forces, in a typically glorious feat of arms murdered 23 year old Rachel Corrie.
They killed Rachel but they couldn't kill her essential message, which goes from strength to strength.
Thanks to Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner, the play "My Name is Rachel Corrie" has sold out for two seasons, and will shortly start a third at a new venue, the Playhouse in London.
The play was due to be put on in New York recently, but some people were so scared of its power, they managed to persuade an artistic director to indefinately postpone the production.
Of course this cowardly act of self-censorship has caused more publicity than anyone could have asked for.
All this will never bring Rachel back, but it's inspiring to see the Zionists so rattled by the words and deeds of a 23 year old American woman.
posted by roGER at 11:13 am
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You can see her at her best in the photo at the bottom of this post. You can feel the love and compassion coming through.
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DY
Yes burning a paper flag - an act that clearly merits the death penalty (extra-judicial, naturally).
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Just in case you're interested, here's the truth about that photo:
Rachel was attending a peaceful demonstration against the occupation in Gaza.
As often happens, some kids started burning paper flags, and wanted Rachel to burn an Israeli flag.
She refused, but on the spur of the moment accepted an American one as a compromise. America is of course Israel's backer, arms provider, and protector.
A journalist covering the demo snapped the photograph.
It says a lot for Rachel's character and integrity that in three years of frantic searches for the dirt on her life, the Zionists and Israel Firsters have managed to produce nothing other than that photograph.
Mark Steyn did a fantastic piece about her called 'Vacationing in someone else's despair'. I've emailed it to you before. Don't know whether you read it.
Here is the link:
Click here
David: Yeah, you sent it to me before and I read it then, thanks.
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As for "Why the Palestinians Usually Get it Wrong," He or she is clearly an expert at getting things wrong. I've counted at least eight lies contained within his or her dyslexic reply.
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