Tel Aviv, February 18 (RHC)-- The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the family of Rachel Corrie, the U.S. activist crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza nearly 12 years ago, as she tried to protect a Palestinian home from demolition.

Corrie’s parents had sued the Israeli Ministry of Defense for a symbolic $1 in damages. But a lower court cleared the military of responsibility, saying Corrie’s death had taken place in a "war zone."

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld that decision. The Corrie family said in a statement: "We had hoped for a different outcome, although we have come to see through this experience how deeply all of Israel’s institutions are implicated in the impunity enjoyed by the Israeli military."