Friday, March 12, 2010
So says her sister in this Haaretz article (h/t: Mickey S.): Corrie's sister to Haaretz: U.S. encouraged family to sue Israel
...Asked whether the family was getting support from the U.S. government, Simpson said it was a U.S. government official who first encouraged them to sue the Israeli government.
The family has met with many senior American officials, she added, and more than 70 congressmen signed a letter demanding a serious investigation.
Wouldn't it be nice to know who that official was?
Then there's this, FWIW, in a suspiciously well written story at Ma'an News filed from Hanover, NH(!?): Corrie parents to Ma'an: We want accountability
...The White House apparently supports the Corries' position on the matter. Biden's aides told them that President Barack Obama shares the view of the Bush administration, that Israel's military probe was insufficient...
I suppose a lot will depend on the judge in the trial. Not knowing how the Israeli courts work, I'd think if I were a government attorney I'd want to introduce evidence concerning the nature of the ISM and the extreme political nature and unreliability of the witnesses.
Update: Ah, this explains the Hanover, NH dateline: American journalist opts to leave Israel
An American journalist working for a Palestinian news agency voluntarily left Israel on Wednesday after being detained for a week and risking deportation, his lawyer said.
Castro Daoud said his client, Jared Malsin, chose to leave because "he could no longer endure the conditions of his detention."...
...Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Sabine Hadad said Malsin raised security suspicions during an initial investigation upon his arrival...
...Malsin, a 26-year-old graduate of Yale University from Hanover, N.H., was the English-language editor of the Maan news agency in the West Bank. The agency said Israel has accused him of anti-Israel reporting and that it fears Malsin withdrew his appeal under duress.
