Talk:Rachel Corrie/intro

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1. Old version:

Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979–March 16, 2003) was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled as an activist to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed in Rafah in the Palestinian territories when she tried to obstruct an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Caterpillar D9 bulldozer operating in an area designated by Israel as a security zone, adjacent to the Egyptian border. The circumstances of her death are disputed: the ISM and other eyewitnesses claim that the bulldozer driver deliberately ran over her twice, while the IDF claims that the bulldozer driver didn't see her and that the cause of death was falling debris pushed over by the bulldozer.

2. First new version:

Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979–March 16, 2003) was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled as an activist to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed while protesting in a residential area of Rafah, adjacent to the Egyptian border in the Palestinian territories, that the Israel Defense Forces had designated a security zone. The circumstances of her death are disputed: the ISM and other eyewitnesses claim that the driver of an IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer deliberately ran over her twice while she was trying to prevent demolitions; the IDF claims that she was interfering with security operations designed to dismantle safehouses and tunnels used by Hamas and other groups for smuggling weapons from Egypt, that the bulldozer driver didn't see her and that the cause of death was falling debris pushed over by the bulldozer.

3. Second new version:

Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979–March 16, 2003) was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled as an activist to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed when she tried to obstruct an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Caterpillar D9 bulldozer operating in a residential area of Rafah that the Israel Defense Forces had designated a security zone.

The circumstances of her death are disputed: the ISM and other eyewitnesses claim that the driver of the bulldozer deliberately ran over her twice while she was trying to prevent demolitions. The IDF claims that she was interfering with security operations designed to dismantle safehouses and tunnels used by Hamas and other groups for smuggling weapons from Egypt, that the bulldozer driver didn't see her and that the cause of death was falling debris pushed over by the bulldozer.