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Corrie's sister to Haaretz: U.S. encouraged family to sue Israel
haaretz ^ | 3/12/10 | Akiva Eldar

Posted on 03/12/2010 8:53:14 AM PST by Nachum

This is Sarah Corrie Simpson's first visit to Israel. Her younger sister, Rachel Corrie, was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, at the age of 23. Now, the family is suing the state in the Haifa District Court.

"I'm glad the day is finally here, that the eyewitnesses are having a chance to talk in a court of law," she said in an interview with Haaretz on Thursday. "It's been seven long years."

The witnesses, who include Rachel's colleagues in the left-wing International Solidarity Movement, say Rachel climbed atop a mount of dirt to be sure the driver could see her, Simpson said. When he nevertheless kept coming at her, she tried to flee, but tripped and fell. "The bulldozer driver kept driving with the blade down, pushing the dirt over Rachel, and stopped when her body was under the cab."

"My father served in the military in Vietnam and was responsible for bulldozer operations," Simpson added. "He said there is no way that what happened to Rachel would have happened on his watch.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
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Asked whether the family was getting support from the U.S. government, Simpson said it was a U.S. government official who first encouraged them to sue the Israeli government.

wonder who...?

1 posted on 03/12/2010 8:53:15 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Barack Obama, of course...


2 posted on 03/12/2010 8:54:39 AM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Blue Jays
Sarah Corrie Simpson's crazy ideas will hopefully fall as flat as her sister, Rachel Corrie.


3 posted on 03/12/2010 8:56:14 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Nachum
"My father served in the military in Vietnam and was responsible for bulldozer operations," Simpson added. "He said there is no way that what happened to Rachel would have happened on his watch."

Well that's an unbiased opinion right there...

4 posted on 03/12/2010 8:57:35 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Thunder90
You are in a combat zone. People die in combat zones, even civilians. If you studied the area first, you would have known that terrorists often dress as civilians, so you were in terrorist uniform.

Sorry, but them the apples.

5 posted on 03/12/2010 8:59:08 AM PST by Kozy (Calling Al Gore)
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To: Nachum
If I was on the jury I'd vote for an award that equals 5 US cents.
6 posted on 03/12/2010 8:59:32 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Nachum

wonder who...?

The closet Muslim in office?


7 posted on 03/12/2010 9:00:35 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: Nachum
One of the first things that my parents taught me as a kid was “when a bulldozer's coming toward you,make it a point to move out of its way”.
8 posted on 03/12/2010 9:01:41 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Nachum
Well, the account is certainly different that right after the incident.
I remember when that happened. The witlessness then said she was in the ditch and the driver/witness repeatedly told her to move and he keep coming and she just stood there.
9 posted on 03/12/2010 9:02:13 AM PST by svcw (For the last 2000 yrs Christians have been trying to sew up the curtain.)
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To: Nachum
If the witnesses are liberal then forget it,all liberal hate Jews..Did this person step in fort of the bulldozer on purpose if so then the family needs to give it up..Sue Palestine not Israel..that is where the fools are..Jews are trying to protect themselves from these morons..not send little kids hooked up to bombs and murdering them to kill a few Jewish people..
10 posted on 03/12/2010 9:02:15 AM PST by PLD
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11 posted on 03/12/2010 9:03:59 AM PST by tumblindice ( How long? Until the last dog dies)
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To: Nachum
""My father served in the military in Vietnam and was responsible for bulldozer operations," Simpson added. "He said there is no way that what happened to Rachel would have happened on his watch."

Really? Her father had to deal with protesters in Vietnam while driving a bulldozer?

Oh yes, now I remember that peaceful Ho Chi Min demonstrating in front of the Sigon City Hall...

This familty is all lunatics.

12 posted on 03/12/2010 9:04:11 AM PST by TopQuark
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To: Nachum

This case should be (s)quashed.


13 posted on 03/12/2010 9:04:27 AM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: svcw

I think you just described manslaughter. You can’t run over someone because they refuse to move from the front of your vehicle, unless they are attempting to assault you.


14 posted on 03/12/2010 9:04:28 AM PST by votemout
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To: Bitsy
"The closet Muslim in office?"

Does not have to be. It can be someone who tries to stop a vast Jewish conspiracy, to which he attributes our friendship with and support of Israel.

15 posted on 03/12/2010 9:06:30 AM PST by TopQuark
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To: votemout

You my be correct. A bulldozer is big, you are little.
She was celebrated as a hero for dying for her cause.
This is Israel, I don’t know what their laws are but they don’t dicker around.
Don’t want to die don’t stand in a ditch in front of a bulldozer.


16 posted on 03/12/2010 9:07:41 AM PST by svcw (For the last 2000 yrs Christians have been trying to sew up the curtain.)
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To: votemout
"You can’t run over someone because they refuse to move from the front of your vehicle, unless they are attempting to assault you."

This is true in San Francisco, not in a war zone.

17 posted on 03/12/2010 9:08:40 AM PST by TopQuark
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To: svcw

There is a differenec between surviving and legalities. You can be right and dead. I don’t know the details, but I like the pancake referrals. I was responding to the post of the driver telling her to move and then runn ing over her. Hard to think that that’s okay in Israel. I’m sure someone here will have more details.


18 posted on 03/12/2010 9:09:49 AM PST by votemout
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To: TopQuark

Puhleeze.


19 posted on 03/12/2010 9:10:27 AM PST by votemout
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To: Nachum
IIRC, she was trying to stop the IDF from sealing a tunnel used to smuggle weapons for the Pallies.

Charming gal.

20 posted on 03/12/2010 9:11:11 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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