RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah have named a street after an American activist from Olympia, Wash., who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.
The dedication ceremony took place Tuesday on the seventh anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death.
Corrie’s mother, Cindy, said her daughter stood for many other foreign activists who have come to the West Bank and Gaza in recent years to serve as a buffer between Palestinians and Israeli troops.
The bulldozer driver has said he didn’t see Corrie, and the Israeli military has ruled her death an accident. Corrie’s parents reject that version and have brought a civil suit against the Israeli government. The trial began last week.
