RACHEL CORRIE
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
1979-2003
On march 16, 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie was killed
by an IDF bulldozer while protesting the demolition of a home in the Gaza Strip.
Many progressive activists believed that this was a
turning point in the fight for justice in Palestine.
But since then:
Israel’s per capita gross domestic product has climbed to 78% of Sweden. *
Israel has 17 times the birthrate of Sweden (YES, 17)*
Israeli people live longer than Americans and one year less than Swedes. *
Caterpillar’s stock price has grown from US$23 to $85.
Israel is now the world’s largest exporter of antibiotics and generic pharmaceuticals.
Israel's Teva Pharmaceuticals has a market value greater than Ford and GM combined.
Israel now has strong economic ties to Russia, India and China and Kurdistan.
Anti-Israel websites are designed on computers using Intel microprocessors,
designed in the evil Zionist empire.
India, the nation of Gandhi, is now buying $1.5B/year of military equipment from Israel.
Europeans are now afraid to ride a bus or a train.
Police agencies from all over the world send their personnel to
Israel for security training.
France has elected President Sarkozy. Vive La France!!!
Israeli diamond dealer Lev Leviev recently opened to two large stores in Dubai.
In 2007 there was a conference of Muslim lesbians in Haifa, Israel.
Muslim women in Israel are allowed to vote,
drive cars and dress as they like, unlike Saudi Arabia.
Quakers have not yet convinced Israel that their religion can end all wars.
Ralph Nader has not yet convinced many people that Hamas is a “peace group”.
Danish cartoonists are not afraid of Zionists.
Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh was not murdered by a Zionist.
Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan was not murdered by a Zionist.
Americans and Europeans are not blaming Zionists for high fuel prices.
Nobody ever said, “I am afraid to put my children on a plane with Zionists”
Contrary to popular belief, Americans and Europeans do not enjoy seeing
someone wearing a “Justice for Palestine” T-shirt on their airplane.
Americans and Europeans don’t believe that blowing yourself
up in a crowded place is a valid reaction to anything.
Upon hearing about a suicide bomber anywhere in the world,
does anyone ever ask, "Was he Jewish?"
Air America Radio went bankrupt and was bought by a
large real estate conglomerate.
Most Americans are worried about keeping their jobs and homes in this coming recession,
not how to make every Arab in the world 100% happy.
Most Americans and Europeans upon hearing that Israel
is building a wall to keep out terrorists would say, “Cool, can we get one too?”
Contrary to what Amy Goodman believes, most Americans are not
terribly concerned that 9-11 suspects may have been less than comfortable.
Most Americans don’t care what the UN says or does, or about, “International Law”.
Most Christians still don’t believe you if you say, “Israel has nothing to do with
Judaism because Jesus was born in Alaska and his mother was an Eskimo”.
You still don’t fool many people when you to say only a
“small minority” of Jews are ruining the world.
Most people find it strange when you say,
"The two things I hate most are racism and Israel"
Most people would be surprised that the word, "Revenge",
is repeated twice in the Palestine National Anthem.
The question is, who are the planning revenge on?
Most Londoners are really not amused that their city
is jokingly called, “Londonistan”.
The Saudi royal family spends most of their time worrying about Iran.
Fidel Castro will soon find out there really is a G-d.
President Mubarak of Egypt is two years younger than Fidel Castro.
Most Americans still get nauseous when they hear the name “Jimmy Carter”.
Rachel's home state of Washington is six times larger than Israel.
It was taken away from Native Americans by European zealots, screaming about some kind of
"Manifest Destiny" and named after a man who owned several dozen kidnapped Africans.
Most Americans and Europeans can’t find Gaza on a map.
Most Americans and Europeans still have no idea who Rachel Corrie was.
To this day, the events that led to her death are very controversial.
But one fact is very obvious.
Rachel Corrie and her supporters are irrelevant.
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*Source: CIA World Fact Book
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