The Price of Solidarity Is Death. The Corries Know

As Palestine activism is increasingly criminalized, the story of two young American women killed decades apart by Israeli forces reveals both the cost of conscience and the meaning of solidarity.

History often repeats itself in the world of Palestine activism. One of the first articles I published over twenty years ago was about the brutal murder of Rachel Corrie, the American activist who was bulldozed by an Israeli tank in Gaza. At that moment, I (like many others) believed Corrie’s death would invite a serious response from the U.S. governmen…