Reply #35: Corrie was killed defending a family home... it was not a mere "military target" [View All]

[Tom Joad]

The home had inhabitants. You can see their photo here:
http://www.olywip.org/site/page/image/2007/05/01/04.html

Tens of thousands of other homes were demolished in a very short time. This brought incredible hardship to the people of Gaza, and together constituted a war crime. The world was silent.

Rachel refused to be silent.
It is true that Rachel thought, because of her US passport, that she at least would not be targeted by the Israeli military machine. She was wrong on that count.

Tom Hurndall did nothing more than walk with a Palestinian child, and he too was shot in cold blood by the Israeli military machine. "Everyone who goes there is shot at" said the soldier. Including children. I suppose we are to hear they are not worth saving either?

Are they "children of a lesser god"?

Tom and Rachel are not only heroes for the Palestinian people, they are heroes for peace. Some day, in what i hope is not the too-distant future... they will be honored across Israel and Palestine.