“Reactions to the verdict were muted in Washington. Israel enjoys considerable support from both major parties. Lawmakers are also preparing for a November presidential election.
The PLO general delegation to the US said it was “dismayed” by the Obama administration’s silence.
“We strongly believe that the failure of US officials to support the Corries only sustains Israeli policies of harassment, intimidation, and coercion against American supporters of the Palestinian people,” it said.

Baird too said he regretted that the case never became a top foreign policy priority.
“In the early days after Rachel’s death, there was extraordinary compassion,” he said, emphasizing that certain officials in the State Dept. had done an “outstanding job” in support of the family. However, he added, “There was not the same level of support from Congress.”
Cindy Corrie, meanwhile, said the US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro, had informed the family this week that the US position on Israel’s investigations remained unchanged. Shapiro was referring to remarks by a State Dept. official under the Bush administration who said Israel had failed to conduct a “thorough, credible and transparent” investigation, Corrie told reporters on a conference call.
State Dept. spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday she could not comment on a closed meeting and declined to give an official position on the verdict. But she said the US understood the family’s disappointment. “We reiterate our condolences to the Corrie family on the tragic death of their daughter,” she said.
Baird, the former congressman, recalled being unprepared in 2003 for the extent of the antagonism he would face from Israeli officials and lobbyists after he proposed an independent investigation into the killing.
“Representatives of the Israeli government resisted providing full information, and in some cases provided false information,” he said of the responses to his requests for information.
In one instance, “I was personally and repeatedly told by representatives of Israel and representatives of AIPAC that the bulldozer driver was suffering from a deep depression and undergoing therapy. That was in direct contrast to the (future) hearing where he implied he had little recollection of the event.”

“Ultimately, Baird said, the Corrie verdict put a spotlight on the many barriers to justice faced by Palestinians.
“This is not a rare event for Palestinians. Those individuals often get far less official due process. I trust that the Corries’ motivation is partly to highlight this fundamental characteristic for Palestinians,” he said. “I admire tremendously the Corrie family for pursuing it.”

Corrie was crushed to her death by a military bulldozer as the Israeli army was demolishing Palestinian homes. Her parents demanded justice for their daughter’s death and what they got is what Palestinians experience every day, a continual miscarriage of justice excused by Israel’s impunity.

YES!

it is its chief export, along with deep corruption. a palestine without israel, or jp influence, is vital for the world. without israel as a rallying tool, jp will lose much of its influence due to the tribe decentralising. jp will become “just” another fascist lobby, like the rest of the rightwing and business lobbies and lose much of their covert pull on the left.

As I as written elsewhere I strongly support “the Legitimate, Peacefully Created and Beautiful State for Jews.” Beautiful, first of all, morally.

* It was created by the stroke of the pen by a visionary man, without shedding any blood, without displacing native population.

* It is self-sufficient, not a parasite state

* It is peaceful, having never waged war on its neighbors, nor having any plans to do so any time soon.

* It is a true haven of security for jews.

Yet the only thing it lacks is Jews. The relatively few jews who live there keep calling on their co-religionaries all over the world to join them but their call falls on deaf ears. The only explanation is that most jews must be unaware of it. A worldwide campaign to popularize the State for Jews is necessary.

I am speaking, of course, of Birobidjan. The visionary who created the first state for jews 81 years ago was Stalin, although the wikipedia entry for Birobidjan, ungratefully, does not even mention him.”
Why should they go anywhere else? The State for Jews awaits them.

the Zionist regime always had double standards when it comes to justice, based on Talmud; one for the Jews and other for their victims.

Last year, Dr. Steven Plaut (Haifa University) in his article ‘Welcome to Haifa, Mr. and Mrs. Corrie’, published in The Jewish Press (March 3, 2011), wrote: “Corrie has since become a sort of Mother Teresa for the radical left and apologists for Islamofascism. She is the martyr saint of the pro-terror lobby and is even celebrated by Klansman David Duke”.

http://rehmat1.com/2011/03/15/rachel-corrie-mother-teresa-for-islamists/