Mediasweep: Local activist killed in Gaza

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old woman from Olympia, became the first American peace activist killed protesting the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip. Most of the basic details are available on our site and many others.

For further perspective and background, check out these links:

• Scoop, a "disintermediated news" site based in New Zealand, offers Rachel Corrie in her own words, featuring the last e-mail Corrie sent her parents about her experiences in Gaza.

• Peter Bohmer, an instructor at Evergreen who had known Rachel since she was a child, remembered her longtime activism in an essay at The Electronic Intifida.

• For images from her life before going to the Mideast, see her hometown paper, The Olympian. The paper also reports that others from Olympia have also joined the ranks of "internationals" in the occupied territories.

• You can learn more about the International Solidarity Movement at its Web site, which documents her final hours.

• At WorkingForChange.com, Geov Parrish reflects on the key, if largely unsung, role that international volunteers like Rachel have played in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Reuters reports on how local Palestinians remembered her today with a symbolic funeral.