AP Shills for Corrie Tour

Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:40:25 pm PDT

The Associated Press shills for the parents of International Solidarity Movement “martyr” Rachel Corrie: Victim’s Parents Tour U.S. to Raise Money.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - When 23-year-old American Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza, she was protesting the impending demolition of a Palestinian home. More than two years later, Craig and Cindy Corrie say they are trying to carry on their daughter’s work.

In a bid to raise money to rebuild the bulldozed house and others nearby, the Corries have started a seven-state tour with Khaled and Samah Nasrallah — one of two Palestinian families who lived in the house Rachel died protecting. On Friday, the tour comes to Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia.

“Rachel, when she was in Gaza, wrote to us about her own thinking in terms of making a commitment to that place,” Cindy Corrie said. “She didn’t want to feel guilty when she left, knowing that she could come and go as she pleased. When she was killed, those words resonated with us.”

Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003, after Israel moved to raze a house under a decades-old policy of destroying the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers and gunmen. Khaled Nasrallah, an accountant for Palestine Airlines, said his family was not involved with terrorism.

By “carry on their daughter’s work,” are Craig and Cindy Corrie referring to this sort of work?