Summary
US solidarity tourist whose account of her ten-day tour of Palestine in 2012 gives Chapter 2 of Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine its section title, “I’ve Seen More of Palestine Than Many Palestinians” (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.96).
Details
- “As an American who grew up in the Midwest, just the overwhelming amount of militarism, and military presence, in the West Bank was really shocking. And the idea that I’ve seen more of Palestine than a large portion of the Palestinian population” (PDF p.96).
- Kelly reads her response, like Julien Bousac’s map, as demarcating the spectacle of military occupation and the expansive vision and mobility of the tourist (PDF p.96).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Yvonne Lory, Sarah Alzanoon, Solidarity Tourism