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Proud Parents
Deepest Condolence to Rachel Corrie's Parents
UPDATE: Rachel Corrie Memorial Website
To see the pictures from Rafah Today and to not think about Rachel Corrie's family and the terrible grief they are going through, and to not see the reason she made the sacrifice.
They can be proud of their daughter for what she stood for. Her action embodied a desire to procure basic and self-evident human rights for people who cannot defend themselves. The women and children. The families torn apart and left homeless. She had to actually get up off the couch to be run down by that bulldozer. She was a long way from Olympia, Washington. She took the time and expended the effort to travel a long distance to speak out for people who have very little voice.
Her father and mother, Craig and Cindy Corrie, are to be praised for raising such a socially conscious and vibrant, beautiful daughter who was willing to even make the supreme sacrifice in order to bring the sad plight of others to light. For those who barely have a voice; not the leadership of any government involved, but a voice for the people.
Recriminations and blame laying can come later. Now is the time for condolences to the bereaved parents of this young adult. Rachel's body is in the process of being transported to Tel Aviv from where it will be flown to the United States. Take a moment to give her a thought. And remember the cause for which she was killed.
Rachel Corrie's email: 'You just can't imagine it'
They know that children in the United States don't usually have their parents shot and they know they sometimes get to see the ocean. But once you have seen the ocean and lived in a silent place, where water is taken for granted and not stolen in the night by bulldozers, and once you have spent an evening when you haven't wondered if the walls of your home might suddenly fall inward waking you from your sleep, and once you've met people who have never lost anyone -- once you have experienced the reality of a world that isn't surrounded by murderous towers, tanks, armed "settlements" and now a giant metal wall, I wonder if you can forgive the world for all the years of your childhood spent existing -- just existing -- in resistance to the constant stranglehold of the world's fourth largest military -- backed by the world's only superpower -- in its attempt to erase you from your home. That is something I wonder about these children. I wonder what would happen if they really knew ...
I also hope you'll come here . . . . There is also need for constant night-time presence at a well on the outskirts of Rafah since the Israeli Army destroyed the two largest wells. According to the municipal water office, the wells destroyed last week provided half of Rafah's water supply. Many of the communities have requested internationals to be present at night to attempt to shield houses from further demolition. . . .
I am just beginning to learn, from what I expect to be a very intense tutelage, about the ability of people to organize against all odds, and to resist against all odds.

"Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), And the Christians and the Sabians. Any who believe in Allah (GOD) and the Last Day, and work righteousness, Shall have their reward With their Lord on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve" (Qur'an 2:62)

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