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The Forgotten Rachels

(Jerusalem Post) Tom Gross - A new play, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, opened this month at the Royal Court Theatre, one of London's most prestigious venues. Corrie was a young American radical who burned mock-American flags at pro-Hamas rallies in Gaza in February 2003. A short while later she died after jumping in front of an Israeli army bulldozer that was attempting to demolish a structure suspected of concealing tunnels used for smuggling weapons. My Name Is Rachel Thaler is not the title of a play likely to be produced anytime soon in London. Thaler, aged 16, a British citizen, born in London, was blown up at a pizzeria in an Israeli shopping mall. Rachel Levy, 17, was blown up in a grocery store; Rachel Levi, 19, was shot while waiting for the bus; Rachel Gavish, was killed with her husband, son, and father while at home celebrating a Pessah meal; Rachel Charhi was blown up while sitting in a Tel Aviv cafe, leaving three young children; Rachel Shabo was murdered with her three sons aged 16, 13, and 5, while at home.
2005-04-27 00:00:00
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