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Honouring Rachel Corrie, 10 years on - Features - Al Jazeera English

Honouring Rachel Corrie, 10 years on - Features - Al Jazeera English

Ramallah, West Bank - Ten years ago today, American peace activist and International Solidarity Movement volunteer Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to prevent a home demolition in Gaza.
Corrie, 23, spent less than two months in Gaza before her death, and it took an Israeli court less than that to close its investigation into the incident and declare it was an "accident".

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