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Rachel Corrie Foundation | March 18, 2010

March 17, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw a fourth day of
testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against
the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel
Corrie, an American human rights defender from Olympia, Washington, was
crushed to death on March 16, 2003 by a Caterpillar D9R bulldozer. She
had been nonviolently demonstrating against Palestinian home demolitions
with fellow members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a
Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation
of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct action methods and
principles.

An Israeli military police investigator, who was part of the team
that investigated Rachel’s killing, testified today. In his testimony he
stated that:

• He never inspected the site where the killing occurred; nor
  did he ever sit inside the D9 bulldozer to see for himself the view the
  driver had and what the field of vision was.

• He admitted that the Israeli military’s D9 bulldozer
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