Rachel Corrie: Court rules Israel not at fault for death
An Israeli court has ruled that the state of Israel was not at fault for the death of US activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003.
Ms Corrie had been trying to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes.
An Israeli army investigation in 2003 concluded its forces were not to blame.
However, Ms Corrie's parents have never accepted that conclusion and had brought a civil claim for negligence against the Israeli defence ministry.
Ms Corrie was 23 when she went to the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as part of a group of protesters from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
They were acting as human shields to try to stop the Israeli army demolishing Palestinian homes and clearing land around Rafah.
The Israeli army has argued the area was being used by militants and that the protesters should not have been in a closed military zone.
The army's investigation found that Ms Corrie was not visible and that she was killed by debris falling on her.
But Ms Corrie's supporters say it is impossible that the bulldozer driver did not see her.
Pictures taken on the day Ms Corrie died show her in an orange high-visibility jacket carrying a megaphone and blocking the path of an Israeli military bulldozer.
A collection of Ms Corrie's writings was turned into a play - My Name Is Rachel Corrie - which has toured all over the world, including in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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