Rachel Corrie

Rachel Corrie’s family loses civil appeal in Israel’s Supreme Court seeking damages

2015-02-13

By: Federation

On: February 13, 2015

In: Local News

By JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on civil damages in the case of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003 by a military bulldozer. The high court on Thursday upheld a ruling by the Haifa DistrictContinue Reading

Court’s decision highlights a bigger problem

2014-04-23

By: Federation

On: April 23, 2014

In: Opinion

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound On April 7, the Washington State Court of Appeals struck down the 2011 lawsuit brought against the Olympia Food Co-op for its boycott of Israeli products. This is a shame, and a shame that taps into a much larger picture ofContinue Reading