Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) was born into a middle-class family in Olympia, Washington. She became politically active in what she called "antiwar / global justice issues," homing in on US support for Israel against the Palestinians. She was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement and was killed by an Israeli Defence Forces bulldozer while attempting to protect a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.
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Rachel Corrie's determination to make a better, more peaceful world took her from Olympia, Washington, to the Middle East, where she died in 2003 while trying to block the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in the Gaza Strip. A twenty-three-year-ol... SEE MORE