Rachel Corrie was a twenty-three-year-old activist whose life ended abruptly on March 16, 2003, while she was working as a protester in the Gaza Strip. She grew up in Olympia, Washington, attended Capital High School and then The Evergreen State College. While in college, Corrie joined the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, and later, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Hala Rharrit was at home on October 7, 2023, when she learned of the Hamas militant group’s attack on Israel. Stationed in Dubai and serving as Arabic Language Spokesperson and Dubai Regional Media Hub Deputy Director for the U.S. Department of State, Rharrit wasn’t surprised an attack had occurred. For some time the Gaza Strip, a small piece of land along the Mediterranean Sea inhabited mainly by Palestinian refugees and their descendants, had been a ticking time bomb. Every few years wa...| Americans Who Tell The Truth
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq for a second time since 1991, after a decade of imposing deadly sanctions. This Second Gulf War, launched as part of the Global War on Terrorism, killed over 300,000 Iraqi people. According to the Costs of War, the 2003 U.S. invasion has left 9.2 million Iraqis internally displaced or as refugees.| Americans Who Tell The Truth
