Fuck Israel
So, the story is that Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old peace activist from Seattle was killed by an Israeli bulldozer.
Other protesters with Corrie said she was wearing a brightly colored jacket when the bulldozer hit her Sunday.
"She waved for the bulldozer to stop and waved. She fell down and the bulldozer kept going. We yelled, 'Stop, stop,' and the bulldozer didn't stop at all,"said Greg Schnabel, 28, of Chicago
This article doesn't report it, but according to other reports the bulldozer backed up and ran over her again. The official Israeli military report is that it was accidental. I'm finding that hard to believe.
Look, she's getting attention because she's American. As Amp Ersand writes, in the past month 82 Palestinians and 6 Israelis have been killed. But it shows the callousness of the Israeli army. And frankly nobody should care if an innocent victim is Israeli, Palestinian, or Golgamek, innocents are innocents and when they are killed, it is a tragedy.
The thing is, say what you will as far as who's to blame in this whole Israel/Palestine thing, it doesn't matter. Blame is a useless tool. But the only party that can be held accountable is the Israeli government. They're the huge military, and they're using that military to perform crimes against humanity. It's in the Israelis power to begin the process that will end this cycle of violence and it's time that it stopped.
So, the story is that Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old peace activist from Seattle was killed by an Israeli bulldozer.
Other protesters with Corrie said she was wearing a brightly colored jacket when the bulldozer hit her Sunday.
"She waved for the bulldozer to stop and waved. She fell down and the bulldozer kept going. We yelled, 'Stop, stop,' and the bulldozer didn't stop at all,"said Greg Schnabel, 28, of Chicago
This article doesn't report it, but according to other reports the bulldozer backed up and ran over her again. The official Israeli military report is that it was accidental. I'm finding that hard to believe.
Look, she's getting attention because she's American. As Amp Ersand writes, in the past month 82 Palestinians and 6 Israelis have been killed. But it shows the callousness of the Israeli army. And frankly nobody should care if an innocent victim is Israeli, Palestinian, or Golgamek, innocents are innocents and when they are killed, it is a tragedy.
The thing is, say what you will as far as who's to blame in this whole Israel/Palestine thing, it doesn't matter. Blame is a useless tool. But the only party that can be held accountable is the Israeli government. They're the huge military, and they're using that military to perform crimes against humanity. It's in the Israelis power to begin the process that will end this cycle of violence and it's time that it stopped.
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