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Items by Eman Abusidu
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Chile’s Palestinians praise Boric’s cancellation of Israeli ambassador’s credential ceremony, and look forward to more
Thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, refused Thursday morning to receive Israel’s new ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzyeli, who was summoned to the Chilean Presidential Palace to present his credential papers. The news was reported by Chilean newspaper Ex-Ante, however, the Chilean government denied...
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Palestinians showcase their land in Argentina's Festival of Immigrants
With Israeli attacks ongoing in their homeland, the Palestinians living in Argentina know that they have a duty to preserve and share their culture and identity. The Festival of Immigrants and similar initiatives in Argentina allow them to do just that, and they had a presence there for the...
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How does Arab normalisation with Israel affect the Palestinians of Latin America?
After decades of seeing Israel as an enemy state and refusing to establish diplomatic, economic or other ties with it, Arab countries are now signing peace deals with the occupation state. In 2020 four countries agreed to normalise relations with Israel, and many more are said to have softened...
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Brazilian hands preserve Palestinian literature
Reading can take you into different worlds, and the adventures they contain can take on another dimension when books are read in different languages. New experiences beckon when reading something in a language very different to the original. This is what Brazilian Publishing House Tabla aims to provide. It focuses...
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How did Latin America react to Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza?
A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell justified the latest Israeli onslaught on Gaza by claiming, “While Israel has the right to protect its civilian population, everything must be done to prevent a broader conflict.” The reality is that, as an occupying power, Israel has no right...
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The 1990s Argentina bombings have come back to haunt Arab and Muslim communities
The bombings which targeted Argentina’s Jewish community in the 1990s have returned to haunt Arab and Muslim communities in the South American country following a new investigation by the Israeli Mossad spy agency in which Hezbollah is accused of being responsible. The report rejects suspicions that Argentinians were complicit...
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The Palestinians of Brazil are a relatively undiscovered treasure
There are some 70,000 Palestinian refugees living in 26 states in Brazil. They have a significant presence in southern Brazilian states such as Rio Grande de Sol, Foz do Iguaçu and Santa Caterina. Many members of the Palestinian communities there belong to the professional classes, and they play a...
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What after NASA's revealing of first Images of the unseen universe?
MEMO Interview: NASA's Palestinian Engineer Unveils New Projects...
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Brazilian Congress holds a special session for Palestine
Yesterday, the Brazilian Parliament Congress held a special session for Palestine to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people against the continuous aggression of the Israeli occupation. The session came following an invitation by a number of deputies who support the Palestinian cause, such as Camilo Capiberibe, Alexandre Padilha...
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A Palestinian woman from Gaza is now a mayor in Sweden
From the moment she arrived in Sweden Tamam Abou Hamidan faced many challenges, she started working in a pizza restaurant and has now become mayor of a city ...
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‘In every word I speak and everything I do, I’m thinking of Palestine,’ singer tells Brazil
With the occupation of their homeland an ongoing reality, the Palestinians in Brazil know that they have a duty to preserve and share their culture. And whether protesting against oppression, criticising the occupation government or resisting the occupation, music has unique potential for the Palestinian struggle. As such, singing...
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Colombia elects 1st leftist president in its history: A great supporter of Palestine
In Colombia, where some 13,000 Palestinians reside, the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro has won the presidential election after he defeated his far-right rival Rodolfo Hernandez. The 62-year-old’s victory represents a major revival for Colombia’s progressive left in Latin America as it joined left-wing parties in Chile, Peru, Mexico and...
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The Baladi Foundation: Helping Arab and Palestinian refugees integrate into Chile
Historically, Chile has always been a destination for global migration, currently hosting around one million Arab refugees, many of whom cannot return to their countries of origin. Refugees often wait months, or even years, before receiving language training and other forms of integration support. It is not only the...
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Ex-Brazil president meets Palestinian community wearing a keffiyeh
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with members of the Palestinian community in Brazil at Plaza Sao Rafael hotel in Porto Alegre state. A delegation from the Palestinian Arab Federation of Brazil (FEPAL) and others from the Palestinian community in Brazil were attendance and delivered a...
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Argentina national football team cancels match with Israel
In the face of intensive local and international pressure, the Argentine national football team has cancelled its match against Israel scheduled for 6 June at the Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa. The decision has been taken despite lengthy preparations in Buenos Aires and the raising of $2.5 million to...
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Brazilians celebrate as city of Recife unveils 'Palestine Square'
Dozens of people waving Palestinian flags gathered in the city of Recife, in Pernambuco State in Brazil on Saturday to celebrate the naming and unveiling of “Palestine Square”. The celebrations included Dabke dance performances, live singers and people wearing traditional Palestinian clothes. Among a number of speeches in support...
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This Palestinian refugee witnessed the Nakba, and would go home tomorrow if he could
Seventy-four years since the Palestinian Nakba, Abder Raouf Misleh still clings to the hope that he will return to the village from where he was displaced in 1948. His memory is fresh about the details of the ethnic cleansing and what the nascent Israeli occupation forces did to his...
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Latin America condemns assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh
Once again, the world woke yesterday to the news that Israel had targeted a journalist, this time killing Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh. The 51-year-old died after a sniper bullet struck her just between the areas covered by her helmet and her ‘Press’ flak jacket. An icon of Palestinian media,...
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Remembering 11 Days of endless resistance in the Gaza Strip
The 2021 Gaza War was the fourth war that the Israeli occupation has launched on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007...
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‘I am dreaming of the moment I hug him,’ says Ahmed Al-Manasra´s mother
Can you imagine what it must be like to know that your child is being kept in solitary confinement, in a room without light and electricity, and without enough food and water? And that he has been there for more than five months? Could you bear to see your...
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'Latin American countries should suspend bilateral agreements with Israel’: Latin America rises up for Palestine
Palestine has recently been experiencing turbulent events in various parts of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem. These events are taking place on several fronts at once: Israeli police attacks against Palestinians praying at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the continuous storming by Israeli settlers and the targeting...
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The worst of Israeli settler attacks on Al-Aqsa is yet to come
Last Friday, Muslims worshipers went to Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform their morning – Fajr prayer – as they normally. Unfortunately for them, the Israeli occupation has become used to turning the holy month in Jerusalem into a battlefield. As if every Ramadan should be a tragic month for the...
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The role of dabke in preserving Palestinian culture in Argentina
Being a Palestinian refugee is not a matter of choice, but working for Palestine is. Millions of Palestinians have found themselves uprooted following the Nakba in 1948 and the 1967 June War. Argentina is one of the countries which now have a Palestinian diaspora community as a result. Displacement...
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The Palestinian flag flies across Latin America to mark Land Day
For Palestinians, Land Day presents an opportunity not only to mark a past event, but also to think about the future, and more ways to resist Israel’s occupation, theft and colonisation of their land. Palestinians and their supporters around the world commemorate Land Day on 30 March every year,...
