Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American activist and diarist. She was a member of the pro-Palestinian (ISM) and was active throughout the . In 2003, Corrie was in , a city in the , where the Israeli military was at the height of the . While protesting the demolitions as they were being carried out, she was crushed to death and killed by an Israeli .