Originally published January 2 2006
Parents of slain activist take up cause of working for human rights in Palestine
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Honoring the memory of their daughter's life work, Craig and Cindy Corrie are actively engaging in the effort to boost American consciousness about the plight of Palestinians, who they claim suffer human rights abuses at the hands of the Israeli military.
Her name is Cindy, her child was killed in the Middle East, and she is on a relentless campaign to change U.S. and international policy.
Corrie is the mother of slain activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip two and a half years ago while trying to protect a home from demolition by the Israeli military.
Since then, Cindy and her husband Craig have pushed for answers about their daughter's death, and have themselves become activists, touring the country in the cause of human rights for Palestinians.
In shining a spotlight on U.S. foreign policy, the Corries join a growing contingent of "soccer-mom activists" who draw their moral authority from suffering one of the worst experiences imaginable--the death of their child.
When Rachel originally told her parents she was going to Palestine to act as a human shield with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the Corries were concerned, but didn't try to talk her out of it.
It wasn't until Rachel arrived in Rafah, at the end of the Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, that her father began to worry.
"Well, these 'terrorists' have been in the United States and done a speaking tour, and gotten visas from both the Israeli and US governments.
"I know how much that militarization and being out of control takes away your humanity."
Like the military families who have become increasingly critical of US policy in Iraq, the Corries have gone from looking for answers to explain their daughter's death to helping to continue her work--and in the process gaining them some peace.
"Through ourselves we can bring Rachel to life," says Craig, "and through Rachel we can bring the people she knew and what she saw to life."
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