Israel can't be trusted to probe Gaza flotilla raid, say Rachel Corrie's parents

when the Achille Lauro was hijacked and an American Jew - sitting in his wheelchair - was killed the world sat glibly by. Over the years those involved were released from jail and those on furloughs disappeared. All quiet- no one cared. But when antagonists on boats are shot in defence....my God...the whole world is in an uproar. F-in hypocrites.

United States President Barak Obama warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that an international probe into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla could have negative consequences for Turkey, British Arabic-language daily al-Hayat reported Saturday. Turkish PM Erdogan and U.S. President Obama Turkish PM Erdogan and U.S. President Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on April 12, 2010 Photo by: AP According to the report, Obama warned Erdogan that the international probe which Turkey has demanded could turn into a "double edged sword," as it could lead to accusations against the passengers on board the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara ship, some of whom were members of the pro-Palestinian IHH organization.

Your daughters one sided obsession with her fanatical point of view shows that she was a long way from home, both physically and metaphorically as she was unable to appraise both sides of the conflict. She shielded herself from the Israeli narrative choosing to allow herself to be brainwashed. This is where you failed as parents.

they lose a child = very sad. but actually she was doing a bad thing supporting terrorists maybe she just naive but that does not automatically qualify the parents as to being international polictical experts all the same its antisemitism anti israel anti jew

An investigation by the U.N. into the flotilla raid would be as objective as the views espoused by Corrie and her parents. Rachel Corrie was not a hero or a saint; she was an ISM instigator and was the author of her own misfortune.

...now I know.

the only country that will step on your throat and beat you with a bat and at the same time shriek in pain as though it was being beaten itself.

It's always sad when young people die, especially misguided ones like Corrie, who placed herself squarely where she didn't belong. The poor thing clearly fancied herself a heroine. Pity she died, but the bulldozer's driver was not to blame.

Israel can't be trusted. Period.

There are 2 sides to a story not just Rachel's. I watched the enforced removal of the people from their homes when the defense force removed them physically. What was not shown or reported was a group of Arab's laughing and yelling "We are going to push you into the sea". Maybe Rachel's parents can ask for an independent inquiry about that day . Why the videos were not recording the whole scene.

no doubt about that..

Why is Haaretz giving a continued forum for stoking the flames of blind anti-israel sentiment to the parents of a deceased terrorist sympathizer. Rachel Corrie was not a hero! It is sad for her parents that she is dead, but they merely defend the hollowness and hatefulness of her views so she can be perceived as a martyr instead of a hate-mongering, self important reactionary knee-jerk liberal ignoramus whose thinly veiled sole purpose was to deny the jewish people the only true haven it has known since the time of Christ and find common cause with those terrorists who would murder them, young and old, religious and secular, soldier and civilian alike--in cold blood.

bile flowing The more in-excusable the nature of Israel's actions, the more their hated drips A driver of heavy machinery is obliged to shut down if un-authorised persons are in the vicinity. Rachel Corrie didn't throw herself in the path of the vehicle, she stood her ground, challenging the driver to adhere to best practices. HE FAILED.

Yet , it supports terrorists organisations as Hamas and anarchists , such as Corrie

like the rest of the "civilised" world, I fully support the call for an independent investigation. however, what good will it serve. as illustrated by a catalogue of Israeli "atrocities", Israel will continue to ignore what the "civilised" world thinks. as long as the U.S. supports (behind the scenes) Israel, in whatever it does. The real investigation should be "why does Israel have such a hold on the U.S."

You can not murder and then get away with a "sorry". It does not work that way. Justice will be served one way or another.

Israel acts with impunity and if there is no tomorrow because, up to now, it knows, especially in its relationship with the US, that it can get away with it. Let us all hope that Ambassdaor Oren is correct in his apparent reference of a "tectonic rift" in relations between the countries. This is the only relationship that truly matters to Israel and only when such a rift is taking place will we see genuine change in Israel's brutish behavior.

Israel cannot be trusted to conduct self investigation

First their daughter is in the wrong country doing the wrong things, then they sue Israel for her death, and now they are authorities on international relations. Let us not forget Rachel Corrie burning the American flag in front of a whole lot of children, teaching them anarchy.

Their misguided daughter through her life away for something she did not fully understand and that didn't care for her kind (American non-muslim) in the first place. That is very, very sad but it doesn't give her parents the right to question Israels actions on the ILLEGAL flotilla.

had tried to kidnap them during their visit there in 2003 .

Indeed, that her killing has been essentially swept under the carpet by the Israeli's is just another in a long line of this country's outrages against others. It has been six years and no justice for Rachel. What the parents say is true. Israel cannot and will not investigate itself with any degree of objectivity or intensity. I hope the UN listens.

Dear Rachel Corrie's parents, Jumping in front of a military bulldozer in the midst of destroying smuggling tunnels in a war torn, terrorist invested area is no safe, and in fact can be quite lethal.

Rachel Corrie, and International Solidarity Movements ("ISM"), was killed mistakenly killed in 2003. I'm just curious why the Corrie family and ISM never called for an investigation when ISM member, Akram Ibrahim Abu Sba, was killed by Palestinian members of Islamic Jihad in Jenin Sept 6, 2007. For the same reason Hitler didn't investigate SS crimes against Jews in Nazi Germany. There's no difference between the ISM and the Nazis as far as their aims.

The IDF claim on the "legality" of its actions is here http://www.mag.idf.il/592-4071-en/patzar.aspx Two things stand out. (1): The IDF claims (correctly) that a blockade is legal during an "armed conflict", but it then defines that armed conflict as being.... operation Cast Lead! Logic therefore dictates that if Cast Lead is the "armed conflict" that legalizes the blockade then a continuation of that blockade AFTER Jan 2009 (i.e. when a ceasefire ended Cast Lead) must be illegal. (2): The IDF claims (incorrectly) that 67A of the Sanremo manual allows it to capture a ship that is "attempting to breach a blockade", when every quote it gives actually says that you can capture a ship that is "breaching a blockade". The quotes from the U.S Navy "Commander's Handbook" actually underline that point (and undercuts the IDF) because it explicitly states that "breaching a blockade" has a different definition to "attempting to breach a blockade". Section 67A of Sanremo refers to the former - not the latter - and so the IDF's argument must be false. Just thought you'd like to know, because I'd be pretty certain the IDF lawyers won't bring any of that to your attention

I agree with the Corrie family that Israel can not be trusted to conduct a transparent investigation,. I refer to two investigations they did on the attack on the USS Liberty over 40 years ago. They got it so wrong that they could not even get the correct side of the ship they torpedoed that killed 26 of the 34 sailors that fateful morning. Israel is in the business of white washing anything they are guilty of.

suffered a terrible tragedy. Losing a child is unimaginably painful, irrespective of the cause, but in the circumstances in which they lost their daughter it is unbearable. I'm terribly sorry for their loss and their pain and the horribly wasted life. But, I'm afraid, that their opinion about who can and who can't be trusted isn't exactly impartial or devoid of both self interest, including psychological self interest and selectivity. Those who have been given the task of investigating the flotilla incident have impeccable credentials and the Panel includes people of integrity that aren't part of Israel and who don't have the self interest that Israelis have. These are the observers on the Panel. This Panel can be far more trusted than any international panel and certainly Turkish panel that would look at Israel. Turkey has become another Islamic polity which can't be trusted with much!