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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Corrie family loses Supreme Court appeal over daughter’s death
2015-02-13
[IsraelTimes] Court upholds ruling exempting army from paying damages since death ocurred in a war zone
Booyah! St. Pancake gets what she deserves!
Israel's Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on civil damages in the case of US peace activist Rachel Corrie
...aka Saint Pancake. A member of the lefty International Solidarity Movement, she attempted to stare down an Israeli bulldozer in 2003...
, who was killed in the West Bank in 2003 by a military bulldozer.

The high court on Thursday upheld a ruling by the Haifa District Court exempting Israel from paying civil damages for wrongful death to Corrie's family since the incident occurred in a war zone.

Corrie, 23, a pro-Paleostinian activist from Olympia, Washington, was wearing an orange vest and attempting to stop a bulldozer from demolishing a Paleostinian home in Rafah in the Gazoo Strip when she was killed. The army said that the area where the incident occurred was named a closed military zone; the claim has been disputed.

An Israeli army investigation following Corrie's death found that the driver of the bulldozer could not see Corrie and did not intentionally run over her. The report accused Corrie and the pro-Paleostinian International Solidarity Movement of "illegal, irresponsible and dangerous" behavior.

Witnesses say that Corrie was clearly visible and that activists shouted for the bulldozer to stop before it hit the college student.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a separate lower court decision, however, on the possible mishandling of the autopsy on Corrie's body, which will require further investigation by the court into the autopsy and the possible misplacement of some of Corrie's remains.

The Corries lost a lawsuit against Caterpillar Inc., the US company that manufactured the bulldozer that killed their daughter.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking...
The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported Wednesday that the one-woman play "My Name is Rachel Corrie," based on the activist's journal writings, will be staged Off-Broadway in April at the Culture Project's Lynn Redgrave Theater in the East Village. The play was last performed in New York a decade ago amid great controversy in the theater and Jewish communities.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Big Foot, that's a ripper!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-02-13 15:50  

#8  heh heh
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-13 14:14  

#7  Actually Frank, the appeal was D-9ed....

Moderator nomination for Snark of the Day
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Big Foot8419   2015-02-13 14:10  

#6  "Appeal denied. She's still dead."
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-13 12:00  

#5  Awwwwwww...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2015-02-13 10:51  

#4  The Corries lost a lawsuit against Caterpillar Inc., the US company that manufactured the bulldozer that killed their daughter.

Wrong tread of arguement.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-02-13 10:42  

#3  Their argument was flat.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-02-13 10:16  

#2  Flat outta luck.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-02-13 06:00  

#1  Misplacement of some of her remains? Like maybe got all ground up and squished into the tracks....

gotta wash that out, blood is very corrosive y'know.
Posted by: USN, Ret   2015-02-13 03:58  

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