An Israeli court has rejected a lawsuit brought against the military by the parents of a US activist crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to block its path in the Gaza Strip.

Almost a decade after their daughter was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to block its path in a Gaza Strip conflict zone, Rachel Corrie’s parents are preparing for a judge’s ruling in their high-profile civil lawsuit against the military.

THE parents of an American protester crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip got their first chance yesterday to hear from the man who drove the vehicle that killed her.

The parents of an American protester crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip got their first chance today to hear from the man who drove the vehicle that killed her.

Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

STEVEN KING’S column on the Gaza flotilla activists (June 9) was a shameful outpouring.

RACHEL Corrie was 10 years old in 1990 when she made this speech: “I’m here for other children. I’m here because I care. I’m here because children everywhere are suffering and because 40,000 people die each day from hunger.

An Irish activist whose ship was blocked from delivering aid supplies to Gaza tonight accused the Israeli government of committing “slow genocide” against the Palestinian people.

The five Irish activists on board an aid ship carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza say they are determined to go back.

A plane carrying five Irish Gaza activists - a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt - has touched down at Dublin Airport.

The Irish aid ship blocked from delivering relief supplies to Gaza has arrived in Israel, campaigners confirmed tonight.

Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel swiftly and without meeting resistance today, preventing it from breaking a naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody.

Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa is calling on the Government to initiate legal action against Israel in light of the attack on the aid convoy last Monday and the boarding of the MV Rachel Corrie.

Fine Gael Foreign Affairs Spokesman Billy Timmins has said that boarding of the MV Rachel Corrie by Israeli troops "was plain wrong".

One of the last ships on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza is to be intercepted by the Israeli navy today.

A GOVERNMENT-brokered compromise deal with Israel to safely bring an Irish aid vessel ashore with its cargo and onto Gaza was yesterday rejected by the ship’s crew, just hours before the boat’s expected arrival off the Palestinian coast.

WITH the World Cup about to start, people will inevitably regret that Ireland are not there. “France are going to the World Cup,” as Roy Keane rather infamously said, “get over it!”

Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has once again demanded Israeli Authorities to show restraint in dealing with the crew of an Irish Aid vessel on its way to Gaza.

AS an Irish aid ship sailed closer to Gaza last night, Ireland’s only Jewish TD called on Israel to lift its blockade of the territory while declaring that the recent attack on aid vessels was “indefensible”.

A leading Irish activist seized by Israeli authorities tonight revealed he was assaulted in custody while three others were severely beaten.

An Irish activist seized by Israeli authorities in a commando operation on an aid flotilla has accused armed forces of carrying out an act of piracy.

I WISH to express my support for Dr Steven King on his excellent analysis of the Arab/Israeli conflict (Irish Examiner, July 5).

STEVEN KING’S column (Irish Examiner, July 5) disturbed me greatly.

Palestinian militants, angry at the jailing of their leader by the Palestinian police, today stole two bulldozers and rammed through a wall near the border with Egypt, hours after they blocked the official border crossing and took over government buildings.

British diplomats called today for a full investigation into the fatal shooting of an award-winning journalist by Israeli troops.

An award-winning British journalist has been killed by Israeli fire while filming in the Gaza Strip, it was reported today.

A HUMAN shield was left brain-dead yesterday after being shot in the head

Israeli troops shot a British peace activist with the International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip today, witnesses said.

TEN Palestinians, including a four-year-old girl, were killed during Israeli swoops in the Gaza Strip yesterday that touched off fierce battles with gunmen, witnesses said.

An American woman was killed today when she was run over by a bulldozer during a protest in Gaza against Israeli operations, witnesses and hospital officials said.