How Internationals Help Palestine Cause

[Scurrilous]

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=38636&d=26&m=1&y=2004

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"Tom Hurndall, 22, died in a hospital in England on Jan. 18. He was mortally wounded in April 2003 while volunteering in the West Bank as a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the pro-Palestinian peace group that serves as buffers between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians.

Hurndall’s American colleague in the ISM, Rachel Corrie, of Olympia, WA was killed on March 16, 2003. She was trying to stop an Israeli Defense Forces Caterpillar tractor from demolishing the home of a Palestinian. Eyewitnesses vary on the details, but everyone agrees that the bulldozer driver refused to stop destroying the building. The Israeli operator later said he did not know that Corrie was standing in the way when he moved forward. Photographs taken of her murder make that story hard to believe.

On May 2, 2003 a third Westerner was killed in Rafah. He was British cameraman James Miller. A colleague from the Associated Press Television News (APTN) who was nearby recorded all of the circumstances of his death on film. Miller had completed filming in Rafah and wanted to depart. But he wanted to be sure that the Israeli military unit nearby would not shoot at him and his crew.
Miller was shining a flashlight on a white flag that he was carrying in front of him and was advancing very carefully toward the Israeli unit until he was only 500 feet away. At that point one of the Israelis fired at Miller but missed. Only 13 seconds later, the Israeli fired again and this time killed Miller instantly."


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"Internationals are in grave danger when they work in the occupied territories. There is no question that by their very presence they have saved the lives of many Palestinians over the years. It is also clear that when international volunteers, who often include Israelis, are not around, a large number of Palestinians are killed often quite deliberately. When Palestinians die the Israelis often attribute the deaths to “accidental fire” or even claim that they fired only when Palestinians fired first."

[drdon326]

1. Good....

I've already e-mailed this thread to ms. corrie.

Everyone....feel free to send your e-mails to:

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Every ISM thread has been sent to her.