Rachel Corrie: In Memoriam

Rachel Aliene Corrie
(April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003)

Today is the seventh year anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death. The young American student was working with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a group committed to non-violent solidarity activism.

On this day in 2003 she was killed while attempting to stop the demolition of the home of Palestinian pharmacist Samir Nasrallah near Rafah in Gaza. She put her body between Nasrallah's house and an Israeli army bulldozer. Corrie and others were acting as "human shields." Since her death, Corrie has been rightfully hailed as a martyr.

Al-Jazeera, English's Inside Story discussed Rachel Corrie's story and her family's pending lawsuit against Israel. Presenter Shiulie Ghosh was joined by Huwaida Arraf, one of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement, Dan Izerman, the legal affairs correspondent at the Jerusalem Post, and Ian Black, the Middle East editor at the British Newspaper The Guardian.

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