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Podcast: 4PR - Voice of the People
Episode: Reflections of Lt Kristy Miles on peacekeeping in Egypt & Palestine
Description: “Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last.“ – Yasser Arafat after the signing of peace agreements between Egypt and Israel.
Lieutenant Kristy Miles was with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai Egypt set up as a result of the original UN peacekeeping force in 1947. Under the agreement between Israel and Egypt, Palestinians are confined to the Gaza Strip thus making it the largest open air prison in the world. Here is Lt Miles’ reflection on deployment to the Sinai in 2020. Her most powerful recollection was of a video she saw of a Palestinian woman trying to bottl...