Two years ago Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American protester, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. Since then she has become a potent symbol for both sides of the conflict. But who was the real Rachel? Katharine Viner, who has edited her writings for a new play, on an ordinary woman with an extraordinary passionThere is a particular entry in Rachel Corrie's diary, probably written some time in 1999, four year…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM on December 12, 2017