The Denver Post - Rachel Corrie: Staging a protest

The Denver Post - Rachel Corrie: Staging a protest: "s, the Justice Department, the State Department and the courts, only to discover that at every turn, 'they don't just simply look at the alleged act and try to figure out what happened,' said Craig. 'It really does depend on who did it.' The Israeli army concluded the soldiers operating the bulldozer that killed Rachel - who was wearing a bright orange vest - had no intention of harming her. Bruce H. DeBoskey, regional director of the Mountain States Anti-Defamation League, calls Corrie's death 'an horrific accident that occurred in the context of a complex conflict.' The Corries asked the U.S. House of Representatives for an investigation that was 'thorough, credible and transparent.' All but 78 of the 435 House members said no. The Corries blame that on a fear of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington. 'Our congressman had warned us we'd be lucky to get even 30, because any piece of legislation that even implies criticism of Israel was unlikely to go anywhere,' Cindy said. Corrie's parents feel it's not possible to have a civil conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this country. 'There are many people whose efforts are driven very much by the suffering that Jews have experienced in the world for many, many years,' Cindy said, 'and now there is this protection around Israel that I think is actually very damaging because (of) our not looking at this full picture, our not recognizing what's happened to Palestinians, our not looking at the impact that our foreign "