Thursday, October 21, 2010
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HAIFA, Israel, parents of a u.s. demonstrator crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer band of Gaza was their first chance to hear Thursday the man who was driving the car who killed.
But they were denied a chance to meet him face to face in an Israeli courtroom, killing a central goal of their civil lawsuit against the Department of Defense to Israel .the ' former soldier unidentified was sheltered behind a partition of wood and plastic and his testimony on the events leading up to the death of 23-year-old Rachel Corrie floating in the hall to a microphone.
"I wish I could see the whole human being," Cindy Corrie said before the testimony, secouer.Elle voice and her husband, Craig, went to their home in Olympia, Washington, to hear his testimony.
In 2003, their daughter was killed while attempting to block the bulldozer demolished a Palestinian house in band of Gaza.
An army investigation concluded that it was partially hidden behind a mound of Earth and decided upon his death a pilot accident.Le and his co accused or tested step and person was sentenced.
Activist parents filed their 2005 civil suit and petitioned for chance to watch the driver of the bulldozer in demand yeux.Cette Israeli courts was rejected.
"The Israeli Government and the Israeli army are hiding behind the screens", Cindy Corrie said after that testimony Thursday is underway.
"Advocate State, Irit Kalman, stated that the driver was behind a screen because we want to soldiers do not hesitate to give a real témoignage.Nous could have requested an unexpected trial, but we wanted their (family) to hear everything happening in this test," said.
The corries, Hussein Abu Hussein, lawyer spent hours trying to reaching holes in the last testimony given by the pilot military investigation which lui.à time given, he pulled a toy bulldozer, a supposed to represent the mound of Earth and a toy fish to represent the American girl green ball.
The pilot asked for more than four hours, often say that he does not recall what happened.
When questioned about the fatal incident, the pilot said: "" I started to grow with the bulldozer and I felt a heavier in normal load, so I started to reverse. ""He stated that he had no recollection of Corrie because there are a lot of people on the site.
The corries seated between translators approximately 15 feet (5 meters) leave the driver.
"I have not heard a moment of remorse and for me, it is one of the saddest things," Cindy Corrie said during a break in the procedure.
Family criticised Israeli military investigation and has lobbied for us at Israel pressure to reopen it.
They also tried unsuccessfully to sue Caterpillar Inc., an American company that manufactured the bulldozer.Ils claimed that the company was responsible for complicity in human rights violations.
Rachel, the youngest of three children of the couple took a break from the College at the age of 23 to pursue the foreign student activism as a member of the international solidarity movement, a pro-Palestiniens group whose activists often position hotspots between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.
His fellow activists argue that she had been killed deliberately and see him as a symbol of what they consider to be Israeli brutality.
Israel supporters argue that thousands of foreign activists like Corrie chose reckless risking their lives in a conflict zone where they could be adversely affected by soldiers often feel under attack.
The corries, unwittingly drawn into Mideast Affairs by the death of their daughter, seek a symbolic $ 1 in damages, plus trial and the cost of travel for themselves and witnesses, they are estimated to be $100,000.
Hearings in the case began earlier this année.Le trial is resuming on 4 November.
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