Monday, March 16, 2009

On Trip to Gaza, Parents of Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Remember Their Daughter Six Years After Her Death


Democracy Now!
With Amy Goodman


"Today marks the sixth anniversary of the killing of American peace activist Rachel Corrie by an Israeli military bulldozer in Rafah. She had been trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home near the border with Egypt when she was killed. Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat and Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films traveled to Gaza last week with a women’s peace delegation and Rachel’s parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie. They remember their daughter and talk about the plight of the Palestinian people.....

Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat and Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films traveled to Gaza last week with the Code Pink delegation and Rachel’s parents. They visited some of the families Rachel had stayed with and whose homes she had tried to protect. Most of those homes were destroyed by Israeli bulldozers in 2004 and some of the new homes people had moved into were attacked during and since Israel"s latest 22-day military operation.

Anjali Kamat and Jacquie Soohen caught up with Rachel’s parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie at the end of their trip last week, as they waited on the Rafah border for Egypt to open the crossing. They also speak with Rachel’s friends Naima Shayer and Abu Jameel about their memories of Rachel. Democracy now!"

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