Arabs friend"in memory of Rachel Corrie"

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She makes me want to change the human race.

To give up my projects, to be old before the age

I lost her a hundred times in the smoke of the guns.

She returns wounded with the perfumes of heaven.

I hear her screams “that the devils wanted".

but all is written .

She asked for forgiveness, and she got it .

Her ghost did never leave my mind.

Neither the night, nor the day.

She dances beneath my sight fog.

And I, I seek and then walk by.

all is written.

i will pray I will scream there where nobody listens.

What did she like, what did she want.

And her ghost wanders around the Palestine and poor people

all is written..

What did she dream about, what did she see .

Rachel there is no love without a story.

And I, i want to live with the same hope in the same memory..

I want to live a same story.

Since I started counting days.

you are a woman who made men jealous, who made me jealous

Rezzag.L

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At first,here i want to talk about a martyr of human right. about a women who is not like all others.
about Rachel Corrie
Who is Rachel Corrie

Corrie immediately after being injured

Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed when she tried to obstruct a Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF.)
The circumstances of Corrie's death are disputed. Corrie was interfering with an IDF bulldozer operating in a Palestinian area of Rafah, close to the border with Egypt - an area the IDF had designated a security zone for operations designed to uncover the network of smuggling tunnels connecting Egypt to the Palestinian side of Rafah, used for smuggling weapons from Egypt to the Gaza strip.[1][2][3] The ISM says that the driver of the bulldozer deliberately ran her over twice while she was trying to prevent the demolition of the home of Samir Nasrallah, a local pharmacist.[1] The official Israeli Government Report and the IDF deny that, and state that she was killed by falling debris pushed over by a bulldozer whose driver did not see her, and that the bulldozer was clearing brush and not engaged in a demolition when Corrie impeded on its path.

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Activities in Gaza

On January 18, 2003, Corrie traveled to the Gaza Strip, where she attended two days of training in non-violent resistance and serving as human shields. Through February and March, according to ISM activists and e-mails Corrie sent to her family, she took part in a mock trial of George W. Bush; a demonstration as part of the February 15, 2003 anti-war protest against the war in Iraq, where she burned a paper U.S. flag; and helped to occupy the area around local wells, an operation designed to protect the wells and Palestinian workers from the IDF, according to the ISM.
In e-mails to her family, Corrie described what she witnessed and expressed her frustration over it.[4] On March 14, 2003 in an interview with the Middle East Broadcasting network, she said: "I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive ... Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with."[5]

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Responsibility for Corrie's death

my heart is broken.
Background
Corrie was involved in protest actions against house demolitions, a controversial practice carried out by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The Israeli military used armored bulldozers to demolish buildings in Rafah, within the security zone near the border with Egypt. The IDF stated that the demolitions were very successful in uncovering explosive devices, and destroying smuggling tunnels and firing positions[citation needed]. Palestinians who do not leave the area and who stay in the houses or are otherwise not seen by the Israeli military have been killed during these demolition operations, and Israeli soldiers are sometimes shot by Palestinians from inside these buildings. Critics regard the demolition of the buildings--and the deaths of Palestinians who do not leave these buildings--as a form of collective punishment, while proponents saw them as a legitimate and essential measure of self-defense.
On March 16, 2003, Corrie was in a group of seven ISM activists (three British and four Americans) attempting to disrupt the actions of the bulldozers. The Israeli Government Report found that it was not intending to demolish houses but was clearing debris and shrubbery to expose explosive devices.

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Two ISM eyewitness accounts.

The following account is from Joe Carr, an ISM activist from Kansas City, Missouri, who used the assumed name of Joseph Smith during his time in Gaza.
"[Between 13:00 and 13:30, activists] noticed that two Israeli Army bulldozers and one tank [had] entered onto Palestinian civilian property near the border and [were] demolishing farmland and other already damaged structures. The military machine was severely threatening near-by homes, so the 3 activists went up onto the roof of one home, and then called for others to come. "[Between 13:30 and 14:00], I arrived, and one of the three activists at[sic] the house joined me on the ground ... [W]e began to disrupt the work of the bulldozers ... At this point, Rachel and the two other activists joined us ... Rachel and a British activist were wearing jackets that were fluorescent orange and had reflective stripping [sic] ... [Between 14:00 and 15:00], Rachel and two other activists began interfering with the other bulldozer, which was attempting to destroy grass and other plants on what used to be farmland. They stood and sat in its path, and though it would drive very close to them, and even move the earth on which they were sitting, it always stopped in time to avoid injuring them ... [Between 15:00 and 16:00], one bulldozer pushed Will, an American activist, up against a pile of barbed wire. Fortunately, the bulldozer stopped and withdrew just in time to avoid injuring him seriously, but we had to dig him out of the rubble, and unhook his clothing from the wire. The tank approached to see if he was ok. One soldier stuck his head out of the tank to see, and he looked quite shocked and dumbfounded, but said nothing ...
Corrie immediately after being injured


"[Between 16:45 and 17:00], [o]ne bulldozer, serial number 949623, began to work near the house of a physician who is a friend of ours ... Rachel sat down in the pathway of the bulldozer ... [It] continued driving forward headed straight for Rachel. When it got so close that it was moving the earth beneath her, she climbed onto the pile of rubble being pushed by the bulldozer. She got so high onto it that she was at eye-level with the cab of the bulldozer ... Despite this, he continued forward, which pulled her legs into the pile of rubble, and pulled her down out of view of the driver ... We ran towards him, and waved our arms and shouted, one activist with the megaphone. But [he] continued forward, until Rachel was underneath the central section of the bulldozer ... Despite the obviousness of her position, the bulldozer began to reverse, without lifting its blade, and drug [sic] the blade over her body again. He continued to reverse until he was on the boarder [sic] strip, about 100 meters away, and left her crushed body in the sand. Three activists ran to her and began administering first-responder medical treatment ... She said, "My back is broken!" but nothing else ..."[6] Joe Smith said: "Rachel had two options. When the bulldozer started to dig in the dirt pile, the pile started to move, and she could have rolled sideways quickly or fallen backwards to avoid being hit. But Rachel leaned forward to climb to the top of the dirt pile. The bulldozer's digging drew her downward, and its driver could not see her anymore. So without lifting the scoop, he turned backward and she was already underneath the blade."[7]
ISM activist Tom Dale was standing just yards away from Corrie. He told journalist Joshua Hammer, Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek:
"The bulldozer built up earth in front of it. Its blade was slightly dug into the earth. She began to stand up. The earth was pushed over her feet. She tried to climb on top of the earth, to avoid being overwhelmed. She climbed to the point where her shoulders were above the top lip of the blade. She was standing on this pile of earth. As the bulldozer continued, she lost her footing, and she turned and fell down this pile of earth. Then it seemed like she got her foot caught under the blade. She was helpless, pushed prostrate, and looked absolutely panicked, with her arms out, and the earth was piling itself over her. The bulldozer continued so that the place where she fell down was directly beneath the cockpit. I think she would have been between the treads. The whole [incident] took place in about six or seven seconds," (Mother Jones, Sept-October 2003).[8]

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:::STATEMENTS:::
Press Release from the Parents of Rachel Corrie
Statement by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Rachel Corrie
U.S. State Department Press Briefing
US Consulate Refuses to Protect Rachel Corrie (by Dr. Lim Ibn Kateb)
Congressman Jim McDermott Statement on the Death of Rachel Corrie
Rep. Brian Baird Calls for Investigation into Death of Rachel Corrie

:::EYEWITNESS REPORTS:::Four Eyewitness Accounts of Rachel's Murder (Electronic Intifada)
The closest eye witness account on the murder of Rachel Corrie
Flashpoints: Interview with Kristen Schurr on Rachel Corrie
The Moments Before Rachel Corrie's Murder by Joseph Smith in Rafah
Starhawk's account of what happened

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:::RELATED ISSUES:::
Honor Rachel, End Home Demolitions - Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions
Protest at Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office, San Francisco, June 16, 2003Protest at Rep. Tom Lantos' office, San Mateo, CA, July 16, 2003
Protest at Union Square, San Francisco, August 16, 2003
Protest at Sen. Diane Feinstein's office, San Francisco, September 16
:::GROUPS WORKING ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT:::
Olympians for Peace in the Middle East
International Solidarity Movement
Palestine Solidarity Committee (Seattle branch of ISM)
Voices of Palestine
Middle East Crisis Committee
Support Sanity

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:::AUDIO/VIDEO:::
Video: Rachel Corrie: Courageous Resister
Video: Vigil in San Francisco
:::THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEMORIALS:::
Remembering Rachel Corrie: A Night of Poetry & Music - Columbia, SC
My Name is Rachel Corrie: Staged Reading - Portland, OR
Vigil for Commemoration and Solidarity - Bethlehem, Palestine
Sidewalk readings of Rachel Corrie's writings - Seattle, WA
:::TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEMORIALS:::
Rachel Corrie Memorial in Jenin
Rachel Corrie Memorial in Los Angeles
Remembering Rachel Corrie: An Evening of Music, Poetry and Activism
Rachel Corrie Memorial in Chicago
:::ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEMORIALS:::
Rachel Corrie: A Parents Statement of Their Daughter
Memorials For Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Palestine and Olympia, Washington - Phan Nguyen
Rachel Corrie Bethlehem Candle Memoriala
Colin Reese's Message at the Memorial Service: Rachel’s Community and Her Tahiti
Mohammed Abu Asaker's Memorial
'Destined to make a difference' - The Olympian
The Beautiful Face of the United States - by Imad Jadaa, Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba

:::IN HONOR OF RACHEL:::
Union of Health Work Committees (Gaza) to name new cultural center after Rachel Corrie
Scholarship, newborn baby girl to carry name of Rachel Corrie - Daily Star/Aljazeerah
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme names "Rachel Corrie Center for Women’s Empowerment”
Remembering Rachel Corrie - Peter Bohmer

:::SONGS & POEMS:::
The Death of Rachel Corrie - song by David Rovics
Rachel Corrie - by Ten Foot Pole
The Passing of Rachel Corrie - by Ed Mast
"On the brink of..." - a poem by Suheir Hammad

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Rachel Corrie memorial website
http://www.rachelcorrie.org/

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It's just an act to not forget and never stop believing in your hope. a hope that you scarified for it.
We shall overcome one day
deep in our hearts we do believe.
And we shall live in peace as you promised.
Angel from heaven guards us and beholds us is Rachel
all is written on the walls of the life
We shall overcome.
Rezzag_L

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركته
....أشكرك كثير على مجهوداتك ونشاطك المستمر دون انقطاع ...وأشكرك كثير على إبراز الحقائق التي تبين جرائم الكيان الصهيوني والمبريالية العالمية التي استولت على الشعوب الضعيفة والمغلوبة والمكلومة والمظلومة منها الشعب الفلسطيني وبقية الشعوب الأخرى الحرة.......تقبل الله صيامكم

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الشكر موصول لك استاذ "ابوبكر" ما يضيرنا ان نمجد بعضا من اولئك الذين حاربوا من اجل قضايانا و ضحوا من اجلها و كان الحس الانساني دافعهم بل تقصير منا ان لم نفعل ذلك ولو بجرات اقلام.