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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=282948
The Corrie Case: Reckless Choices
(Jerusalem Post)Anne Herzberg - The district court in Haifa found that Rachel Corrie's own negligence led to her death after kneeling in front of an IDF bulldozer during a military operation in Gaza. Corrie, a U.S. college student and member of the radical International Solidarity Movement, traveled to Gaza to serve as a human shield and to directly participate in hostilities between Israel and Palestinian combatants. Numerous Israeli investigations, as well as an expose in Mother Jones, showed that the driver of the bulldozer did not see Corrie and that her death was not intentional. Nevertheless, Corrie became an instant martyr in the political war against Israel. After 10 years, it is time to come to terms with the fact that Corrie was responsible for her own poor choices. The writer is the Legal Advisor of NGO Monitor.