Diary of an occupation (pics)

catz&Al-Ahram Weekly Online | 22.01.2002 19:01

Leslie Whiting, a British citizen, has lived in Egypt for over a decade, teaching English at the British Council and yoga in her spare time. Mortified by Western governments' indifference to Palestinian suffering, appalled at the bias shown by the Western media, she joined the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) that travelled to Palestine to see, and show the world, what ordinary Palestinians must face every day. "All our actions are based on non-violent civil disobedience, as exemplified by peace activists such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King," said Whiting. (article 1)

Diary of an occupation (pics)

From top: members of ISM attacked by Israeli soldiers with tear gas during a demonstration (photo: AP); peace activists carrying a banner in the centre of Jerusalem (photo Reuters); tanks block access to Nablus; international activist waves Palestinian flag (photos: Leslie Whiting)

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Diary of an occupation (pics)