National demonstration to protest against the siege of Gaza following Israel’s week long attack the sense of urgency had evaporated as a cease fire had been signed but nevertheless 10-15,000 people joined the demonstration which took place in unrelenting rain. I joined the marchers gathering in Whitehall to march to

Walsall Kobar Friendship Association presented this year’s Salaam Festival at the New Art Gallery. This was a celebration of Palestinian culture and of the people’s resolve to remain on their land in the face of Israel’s determination to be rid of them. Sumud Palestine has been warmed and encouraged by

Olive Picking in the West Bank  Pat Mood,myself and another local woman, Marion Flynn, together with Sue Monk from Maidstone who I met  at the Palestinian Lobby of Parliament last year,  travelled to the West Bank to be part of a group of ‘internationals’ picking olives as an  expression of