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Twenty years later, Rachel Corrie lives

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Twenty years ago, an Israeli bulldozer crushed Rachel Corrie to death as she protected a Palestinian home. She has since become a global symbol for those seeking justice. Israel may have killed Rachel, but she lives on in us.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat inside Arafat's besieged headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah on April 17, 2002. In a two-hour meeting with Powell, Arafat demanded that the international community and the Bush administration work to break his isolation by the Israelis. (Photo: AP/ Palestinian Authority)

The day we sang to Colin Powell in Ramallah

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Neta Golan recounts the day in 2002 when Colin Powell visited a besieged Yasser Arafat in his presidential compound in Ramallah during the Second Intifada, as international solidarity activists tried to protect the Palestinian leader from Israeli attack.

On January 13, ‘Iz a-Din Zein a-Din, a resident of a village near Nablus, was beaten severely by Israeli settlers as he protested their seizure of his land. Screenshot from B'Tselem video.

Videos showing Palestinian experience of violent apartheid deserve an American audience

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Recent videos show routine racism and violence directed against Palestinians with Israeli government support. Jewish settlers threaten to unleash dogs on Palestinians. Others spew hatred as soldiers protect them: “This is my land, King David walked around here two thousand years ago, herding his sheep. When you were where — in Saudi Arabia? Where Muhammad roamed…. Muhammad killed people. Raped. You’re a rapist people.”