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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Supreme-Court-rejects-Rachel-Corrie-wrongful-death-case-390836

Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Rachel Corrie Case

(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Rachel Corrie's family of a lower court decision which had denied them civil damages for wrongful death after Corrie died near an IDF bulldozer while she was protesting in Rafah, Gaza, on March 16, 2003. The state had said the incident was a tragic accident, with the bulldozer driver unable to see Corrie in the closed military zone - where she should not have been. The court upheld the "combat activities exception" principle in which the state cannot be held liable for damages from activities which occur in a war zone.

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