Israeli court throws out family's lawsuit over death of US activist Rachel Corrie

Israeli court throws out family's lawsuit over death of US activist Rachel Corrie:

Corrie's family had accused Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their 23-year-old daughter, launching a civil case in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after a military investigation had cleared the army of wrongdoing.

The principal reason for the decision is that Israel was at war:

In a ruling read out to the court, judge Oded Gershon called Corrie's death a "regrettable accident," but said the state was not responsible because the incident had occurred during what he termed a war-time situation.

Since Israel has always been at war with the Palestinians, then there can only be “regrettable accidents” for which the Israeli state is not responsible, no matter what the IDF does.

What I find most disturbing in this article is:

Few Israelis showed much sympathy for Corrie's death, which took place at the height of the uprising in which thousands of Palestinians were killed and hundreds of Israelis died in suicide bombings.

So much for Israel being a light unto the nations of the Earth.