Palestine: Street named for Rachel Corrie
Residents in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have named a street after Rachel Corrie, a US solidarity activist crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003 while protesting against Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza.
Family, friends and supporters, including students from a local secondary school, took part in the dedication ceremony on March 16 on the seventh anniversary of Corrie's death.
Corrie's mother Cindy, who is visiting Israel and the Occupied Territories to take part in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Israeli government, thanked the Palestinian people for providing her family with unfailing support.
Addressing a crowd of about 50 Palestinians, including the mayor of Ramallah, Cindy Corrie said: "I just wanted you to know that you do not stand alone — people are stepping up, we will not be silent."
The coming weeks also mark the seventh anniversary of the killing of British activist Thomas Hurndall, who was shot in the head while shielding children from Israeli sniper fire in Rafah and died in hospital nine months later.
[Abridged from the British .Morning Star.]

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