By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:55:57 +0000

I must echo Hikity’s words of appreciation for this review. It is not surprising that there is no accountability from israel for Rachel Corrie’s death. Nearly the entire state of israel is in denial about an earlier related brutal series of actions, the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (read the recent book of the same name by Ilan Pappe, an israeli historian) that occurred in 1948 in which at least half a million men, women and children were either killed or forcibly expelled from the Western-most part of Palestine. Perhaps if each side in the struggle could acknowledge “what they’ve done” then a lasting peace is possible. This acknowledgement needs to go back to the events of the last 60 years in their entirety. “I am for compulsory transfer; I do not see anything immoral in it” - David Ben-Gurion, June 1938

By: Hikity

Hikity — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:08:50 +0000

Thank you for this formidable review to which I can nothing add as you have said it all. I saw the play in London in April 2006 with Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner attending the Q & A. At one stage Mr Rickman again pointed out that this play is not meant to be a political but rather a personal account of Rachel Corrie and her development into a responsible person and excellent writer. Kind regards

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