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Bulldozer driver: I didn't realize I crushed Rachel Corrie
Ahiya Raved
Published: 21.10.10, 18:04
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31. God bless your soul Rachel, as much as Israelis' hate
Sue   (10.21.10)
32. Sarah B
Matt ,   UK   (10.21.10)
What a horrible post you made about Rachel Corrie's family. Your thoughts on this are immoral . Sure.... Hamas pushed her, what a sad waste of a human being. I mean you of course, not Rachel. Shame.
33. Fight against terrorism
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (10.21.10)
The parents of this woman shall pay fines to the israeli state because she prevented the efforts of the IDF against terrorists and consequently endangered the safety of the Israeli people.
34. only a moron would believe the soldier
Ahmad ,   nablus   (10.21.10)
I saw the video of the murder, Rachel was clearly visible to him way before he moved and crushed her, to plead stupdity of not seeing her is rather moronic, naive, and totally utter nonsense,,just to say the least.
35. To: No. 32
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.21.10)
No, shame on you! Rachel Corrie's parents have done nothing but express support for their daughter's ill-advised trip to Gaza to aid and abet a terrorist organization. The fact of the matter is that had she lived, and returned to the United States, she would be subject to federal charges under six statutes prohibiting contact with terrorist organizations by U.S. citizens. At a minimum, she would have been sentenced to twenty-five years in a federal penitentiary. As you may or may not know, there is no parole under the federal system. Why are you defending this stupid girl; and why are you defending her even more stupid parents? Isn't it immoral to send one's child into harm's way? Did they think that the laws of the United States extended protection to Rachel Corrie in Gaza? They didn't. They don't. And don't you find it equally immoral that her parents are now trying to profit from her death? That's the horrible thing, here, Matt.
36. activist....
Anna M Sedda ,   Italy   (10.21.10)
i don't go to UK or USA to fight for the rights of mexicans thinking that i can dictate in another Nation....her parents should be sued er and pay for disturbing Israel life and the safety of his citizen...
37. she got what she deserve..she was looking for trubles..
Anna M Sedda ,   Italy   (10.21.10)
and she got trubles....a nayve spoiled girl....
38. To: No. 30
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.21.10)
Only a complete idiot would compare the fate of innocent Jews loaded onto a cattle car to their certain deaths with terrorist rabble in Gaza who glorify suicide bombers and celebrate the deaths of innocent Jewish civilians by passing out candies. Come to think of it, isn't that EXACTLY how Gazans "celebrated" the events of September 11th, 2001? Yes, it is. With wild rejoicing in the streets and handing out sweets. That's who Rachel Corrie was supporting. Not innocent victims (Jews in the cattle cars of 1940). She was aiding and abetting terrorist scum. If you do not appreciate the vast difference, then you are truly a fool.
39. And you want peace?
sane world ,   world   (10.21.10)
Reading cimments on this article I no longer wonder why you guys don't have and never will have peace there where you are. It's simple: you are insane and filled with hate. I could argue with majority of nonsense posted in comments but that would be waste of time. I can't argue with people who live to hate. RIP Corrie. Looking forward to see more and more violence on ME.
40. Matt 32 reply to Sarah B
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (10.21.10)
Sarah's comments were spot on. Why should anybody have to pay Rachaels family because they raised an idiot?
41. Shame on you Sarah
Ron ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
What a spiteful mouth you have .. for what? I am glad you don't live in Israel
42. 41- i couldn't have siad it better. this idiot
Avi ,   TA   (10.21.10)
woman makes me feel ashmed i belong to the same religion. She is a discrace.
43. This photo and others were staged
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
Many of the photos, one of which this lawyer is using in his case, were studied by forensic scientists and many discrepancies arose. Namely, the body did not exhibit the crushing it would have received from a bulldozer outright, supporting the dirt mound claim. Second, the shadows on the ground were different than the time of the incident by many hours. Finally, this photo showing no dirt mound contradicts the testimony of the ISMers initially which stated that she fell behind a dirt mound. Let the State bring in the forensics and tear apart the Corrie's claim right in front of them. Do not spare their feelings as they show no remorse for a daughter who knowingly engaged in terror support actions and blocked the destruction of a home used in weapons smuggling (a war crime).
44. #2 - Palestinians don't need the foreign activists either
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
Only ISM, Hamas, Peace Now, and Arab MKs need foreign activists to further their agenda amid the blood of others. For the rest of us, they are a nuisance and perpetuate the elusive drive for peace in the region.
45. According to strict interpretation of Intl Law
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
Corrie's actions in Gaza that day, along with other ISMers, is a military action and they lost any civilian protection afforded to them under the Geneva Convention the minute they get involved in such actions - whether it be throwing rocks at the weekly fence protest, act as human shields to protect a weapons depot or smuggling tunnel, or even hide a known, wanted terrorist. For this, Israel needs to act and provide no apologies. After all, it's their right as a sovereign nation under Intl Law and the Leftists are abusing it shamelessly - all around the world.
46. #19 - "Palestinians": abuse peace makers, celebrate terroris
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
What a sad little population you are.
47. Money Grabbing parents
Ken C ,   Toronto canada   (10.21.10)
Here we go again, why is it when they, activists get killed by their own stupidity (going into a secured zone acting like a CRAZY WOMEN as example noted) expecting to get their name in the Fornt Page at other human beings expense and the parents always call foul. The parents should be sued for letting this broad out of the nut house. Id rather focus the suffering of the millions of African Children dying everyday thank you very much. P Arabs are a WAIST OF MONEY otherwise spent for true atrocities going on in all muslim countries. How appaling we waist our breath on these INGRATES who want WAR not PEACE
48. Sorry for Israel, Rachel
Ashamed of Support ,   America   (10.21.10)
If the talkbacks are any indication of the kind of people US dollars are helping to protect, then I am ashamed that we have supported Israel. Most of your responses are hateful, mean, and show no interest in having your courts' decisions be based upon the truth of the circumstances. Do any of you care that there are inconsistencies in the accounts of what happened? Or are you all too afraid the truth might reveal that the death was intentional murder? The US supporting a nation of people who care nothing about the truth is just plain immoral.
49. Arthur is so smart!
Jonathan ,   San Francisco, USA   (10.21.10)
Hey arthur, i bet you would not feel that way crossing the streets in America where the pedestrian has ALWAYS the right away even if wrong. Of course if you were run over i would consider that the equivalent of smooshing an insect. No BFD!
50. Bravo Sarah B!
David   (10.21.10)
Let's call spade a spade and a pancake a pancake.
51. #39 You have absolutely no grasp on what's
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (10.21.10)
going down here in the ME. As for your last comment, it's clear for all to see who's the hater, sane world - my foot
52. #18 - Tienanmen Square
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
In China, the tanks were met by students and academics with nothing more than their own clothes or, in the case of Wang Weilin, a shopping bag. No terrorists, no weapons, no goal of destroying the State, no targeting of civilians. A very real different situation that is hardly comparable. However, one need only look at the same typical anarchists at WTO conferences who act violent (you call them "peaceful demonstrators") and the resulting police action. Now THAT'S the way it should be. Add to that the idiocy of entering a closed military zone during a war...well, you can't do anything more than shake your head at the stupidity of people who knowingly play with fire. But then again - your bleeding heart ilk will cry and scream at road builders, car manufacturers, law makers, everyone, if some stupid child jumps an embankment and runs into traffic.
53. # 41
Birdi ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
Ron, when are you going to help your beloved palestinian brothers in Gaza? Back off Sarah B. she is correct in every one of her posts on this thread. Stupid Corrie should not have been trying to stop the bulldozer. She took her life into her own hands & she is to blame for that, not the driver of the bulldozer. Corrie's parents are out to make money out of the death of their daughter & thats plain to see. Shame on them.
54. Corrie was naive
Ken ,   US   (10.21.10)
What happened was a tragedy. She should never have been in a closed military area, she must have known it was dangerous.
55. To: No. 41
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.21.10)
Actually, I do live in Israel roughly half of the year. That said -- none of my comments were spiteful. I merely addressed the facts of the case. Rachel Corrie volunteered her time and her energies to aid and abet Hamas terrorists who were sending suicide bombers into Israel. She did so very much in contravention of United States law, which prohibits consorting with, contacts with and aiding and abetting terrorist organizations. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the United States. Ms. Corrie's parents were fully aware of their daughter's actions, and fully supported the role she played in aiding and abetting a terrorist organization. And now, those same parents wish to recoup a financial windfall from the State of Israel as a result of their daughter's death. How can you possibly condone that? Let me put it this way -- suppose you play with a Beretta that you realize is loaded. You point it at your temple, pull the trigger and BANG -- you're dead. Your parents can try to sue Beretta, but they would not be successful as you died because of your own stupidity and your own willful act, knowing that you were engaging in very dangerous behavior. Same with Rachel Corrie. She brought her demise upon herself as a result of her actions. Her parents should not be allowed to profit from her death.
56. #22 - you mean the "govt subsidies" spent in the US?
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
You demand Obama create a stimulus fund but then get upset? All of this tax money is spent right in the ol' USA, saving many jobs. Conversely, you dump a ton of tax $$$ in countries all over the world - none of it spent inside the US. Now, if you feel you have the right to send anti-State activists where ever you please because you deliver aid to them, I suggest you begin by sending Leftists like your ilk to Egypt, North Korea, Burma, and Iraq, and see how you fare.
57. # 48
Birdi ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
What happened was, Rachel Corrie was in a closed zone, standing in front of a bulldozer trying to stop the bulldozer from advancing. That is the truth. None of us are pleased that Corrie died, in fact ALL of us are SORRY that she died. Her death was a MISTAKE.
58. #48 let's talk about the morality of Nepalm in Vietnam or
Proud of Israel   (10.21.10)
perhaps you want to talk about the morality of the US Army interventionism in Iraq and Afghanistan? or perhaps you want to talk about the morality of the American CIA in Chile, the Phillapines, the Dominican Republic etc etc? or perhaps you want to talk about the morality of the American CIA when in 1964 in Ohio they began working with the Islamic Brotherhood and thereby with their own hand set in motion events which were concluded on 9/11 in NYC? and after we are finished speaking about those matters and determining the moral levels of the United States then I will be happy if you will answer one question: Why is it that when the United States murders and maims we are meant to be quiet?
59. #34 - was the video taken from inside the bulldozer?
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
If not, then you cannot definitive argue what the driver did and did not see. Question - why did the testimony of the ISMers that were with Corrie that day change over the course of the next two days? At first they admitted it was a mistake and Corrie lost her footing because tank drivers "have always stopped in the past". Then, after the ISM PR spin, the ISMers said there was no dirt mound. I guess you can't believe the soldier...because it doesn't fit your narrow Apartheid agenda.
60. #41 - Sarah does live in Israel, part-time
William ,   Israel   (10.21.10)
Considering some of the spiteful mouths that exist in Tel Aviv among useful idiot Leftists who still worship Rabin as if he was a god, Sarah is a breath of fresh air with more intelligence and facts behind her postings than your rantings. I'm actually sad she isn't in Israel full-time...and that you are.
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