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International Solidarity Movement Culpable in the Death of Rachel Corrie


(NGO Monitor) International Solidarity Movement activist "Rachel Corrie's death [in 2003 in Gaza] was a tragedy, but it could have been prevented. Leaders of the ISM movement have repeatedly made statements in support of violence," said Prof. Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor. The ISM has a long record of encouraging activists to take "direct action," even if that means putting them in harm's way, often in direct confrontations with the Israel Defense Forces. "ISM co-founder Thomas Saffold showed an utter lack of regret over Corrie's death, boasting afterwards that 'we're like a peace army. Generals send young men and women off to operations, and some die'," Steinberg noted. In 2002, ISM co-founders Adam Shapiro and Huwaida Arraf stated: "Yes, people will get killed and injured," but these deaths are "no less noble than carrying out a suicide operation."
2012-08-28 00:00:00
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