“I reached the conclusion that there was no negligence on the part of the bulldozer driver,” said Judge Oded Gershon, reading out his verdict at Haifa District Court in northern Israel.
The judge said he found no case for negligence on the part of the Israeli army, and that the military police investigation – which found she had been killed by falling earth as a result of her own irresponsible behaviour – had been properly conducted.
Exactly seven years after her death, her family launched a civil suit against the state of Israel and the defence ministry for the symbolic sum of $1, plus costs.
The family, who travelled from the United States to attend the hearing, followed the proceedings with the help of an interpreter.
They were accompanied by around 50 friends and well-wishers.
An Israeli military investigation into the incident was closed several months after her death without any disciplinary action, saying the bulldozer crew could not see Corrie because she was behind a mound of rubble.
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