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Rachel Corrie, 1979-2003 (she died 22 years ago today)

Rachel, an American #peace #activist, was killed when Israeli soldiers crushed her with a #bulldozer

She was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in #rRafah by Israeli occupation forces, before they left Gaza abd turned it into a giant concentration camp.

#Israel #Gaza #NeverForget #RachelCorrie #HumanShield #Politics #Gaza #Occupation

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Her martyrdom was when I realized Israel must be opposed, I think. I didn't consciously understand it (I wasn't even a teenager yet) and didn't have any theoretical basis for my opposition, but it as after her death I started questioning the Zionist narrative.

They tried to bury her. They didn't realize she was a seed.

[–] faab64@freefree.ps 8 points 13 hours ago

@queermunist

I never forget the moment I saw the video of her murder.

It was before Israel forced all web sites to remove the video.

I think I still have it on one of my backup tapes

[–] Dirtgrain@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 7 points 12 hours ago

They conscript them at a young age. It's easy to get a child to follow orders, especially when you drown then in propoganda for most of their lives.

[–] faab64@freefree.ps 8 points 15 hours ago

@Dirtgrain and they want us to think it all started o October 7, 2023

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 24 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

A Caterpillar bulldozer to be precise. Boycott Caterpillar.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 27 points 16 hours ago

Shoot I was just about to pick up 10 caterpillar bulldozers. Guess I'll have to meet my bulldozing needs somewhere else.

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Fortunatelly, '...the government of the United States is unsatisfied with the IDF's closure of its official investigation into Corrie's death.'

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 6 points 12 hours ago

"US is unsatisfied"

But they're going to continue funding them to the tune of billions a year. Arming them in the middle of a genocide, ensuring the flows of weapons continue. Continue supplying them with intelligence. Continue defending them at the UN security council with vetos, continue crushing campus protestors and painting them as anti-semites. Continue to maximally defend and protect the zionist project.

I'm sure the US is also "unsatisfied" with the IDF's actions in attacking the USS Liberty, a US flagged military ship which zionist warplanes repeatedly strafed and intentionally attacked decades ago in what is under international law an act of war. And yet nothing has or will change because these are just meaningless words.

[–] faab64@freefree.ps 3 points 16 hours ago

@bigFab

You are joking, right?