October 27, 2003	Monday	Sha’aban 30, 1424

SYDNEY, Oct 26: An Australian activist campaigning against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank has been shot through both legs during a protest, supporters said on Sunday.

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said Perth university student Joshua Taaffe, 24, was shot by Israeli troops.

ISM spokesman Michael Shaiq said Taaffe arrived in the town of Nablus about four weeks ago to join international protesters there. Taaffe was receiving treatment in a Nablus hospital, Shaiq said, adding that Israeli troops had entered the ward where he was lying and trained a weapon on him.

The precise timing of the shooting was unclear, but appeared to have taken place on Friday night.—AFP