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Brazil's presidential election on 2 October was inconclusive, so a run-off between incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Lula da Silva will be held at the end of...
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It seems commonplace to say that Palestinian children are the preferred target of the genocide and ethnic cleansing policies carried out by Israel throughout the 74 years of colonial...
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Tuesday 25 January marked the 187th anniversary of the revolution that shook the Brazilian city of Salvador. It took place at dawn on the last day of the holy...
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The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas adopted a new programme in May 2017, in which it declares itself a Palestinian national, Islamic, liberation and resistance movement that aims to liberate...
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Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians are nothing new. These episodes have been happening since the Zionist militias started the Nakba in 1948 with the violent expulsion of more than...
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The date of 3 January invites us, on the one hand, to reflect on the fight against terrorism and, on the other, to continue fighting for justice, freedom and...
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December 25, 2021
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Sayid Marcos Tenório
We have witnessed a debate about the reasons that have led the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to draw closer to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and vice versa, despite...
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December 11, 2021
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Sayid Marcos Tenório
The conflict in Palestine has nothing to do with the perceptions of common sense and public opinion, which aim to reduce its dimension of libertarian struggle to a supposed...
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November 27, 2021
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Sayid Marcos Tenório
On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning "catastrophe", is an Arabic word used to describe...
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November 20, 2021
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Sayid Marcos Tenório
Martyrs occupy a special place in the hearts and minds of Palestinians. In the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, written by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat...
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November 13, 2021
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Sayid Marcos Tenório
Since its founding in 1948, the "State of Israel" has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all its fronts. Human rights organisations such...
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The date of 2 November marks an event directly linked to the root of the conflict in Palestine and the suffering, deterritorialisation and apartheid experienced by its people. On...
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Mahmoud Darwish is the most internationally-renowned Palestinian poet and writer, although still little-known in Brazil. He is the author of 30 poetry books and eight prose books, translated into...
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"As long as this oppression persists, the Palestinian people have no choice but to resist aggression..."
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The celebration of Children's Day on 12 October made me remember and rewatch the documentary Born in Gaza (2014) on Netflix by Italian-Argentinian war correspondent, writer and filmmaker Hernán...
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Bennett’s speech was a demonstration of the failure of the Jewish state’s colonial project in Palestine, which intended to conquer the entire territory of historical Palestine and advance towards the conquest of the entire Middle East
![Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's presidential candidate for the Workers' Party attends a meeting with domestic workers at the Metalworkers Union in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, on Sunday, September 4, 2022. [Paulo Lopes - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AA-20220904-28813421-28813405-LULA_DA_SILVA_MEETS_WITH_DOMESTIC_WORKERS_IN_BRAZIL.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Brazil's presidential election on 2 October was inconclusive, so a run-off between incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Lula da Silva will be held at the end of...![A Palestinian child is seen inside a building damaged by the Israeli attacks in Beit Lahia, Gaza on June 07, 2021 [Ashraf Amra / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210607_2_48652369_65866741.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It seems commonplace to say that Palestinian children are the preferred target of the genocide and ethnic cleansing policies carried out by Israel throughout the 74 years of colonial...![A Muslim worshiper in a mosque in Brazil, 21 August 2021 [Andre Coelho/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mosuqe-in-Brazil-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Tuesday 25 January marked the 187th anniversary of the revolution that shook the Brazilian city of Salvador. It took place at dawn on the last day of the holy...![Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift a banner in Arabic and Hebrew as they demonstrate in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 21, 2022 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GettyImages-1237881376-scaled-e1642858042991.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas adopted a new programme in May 2017, in which it declares itself a Palestinian national, Islamic, liberation and resistance movement that aims to liberate...![Israeli forces seen in front of the Dome of the Rock, within the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem on September 10, 2021 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210910-Demonstration-at-the-Masjid-Al-Aqsa-in-support-of-Palestinian-prisoners_12.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians are nothing new. These episodes have been happening since the Zionist militias started the Nakba in 1948 with the violent expulsion of more than...
The date of 3 January invites us, on the one hand, to reflect on the fight against terrorism and, on the other, to continue fighting for justice, freedom and...![Iranian women wave Palestinian and national flags during a march to condemn the ongoing Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, in the capital Tehran's Palestine square, on 19 May 2021. [STR/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1232983110-e1632992586261.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
We have witnessed a debate about the reasons that have led the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to draw closer to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and vice versa, despite...![Muslims gather to support Palestinians and to protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, on May 21, 2021 at Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia [Dedy Sutisna/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210521_2_48406562_65393945.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The conflict in Palestine has nothing to do with the perceptions of common sense and public opinion, which aim to reduce its dimension of libertarian struggle to a supposed...![People gather to stage a demonstration in support of Palestinians and to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem on the 73rd Nakba Day at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada on May 15, 2021 [Seyit Aydoğan/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210516_2_48303179_65202715.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning "catastrophe", is an Arabic word used to describe...![Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) poses with (from L to R): Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, US writer Russell Banks, US director Oliver Stone and Nobel literature laureate Nigerian dissident Wole Soyinka at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah 25 March 2002 [AWAD AWAD/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-509332046-e1637415896994.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Martyrs occupy a special place in the hearts and minds of Palestinians. In the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, written by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat...![Salah Hamouri, Franco-Palestinian lawyer and field researcher for ADDAMEER (Conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, gives an interview with AFP at the NGO's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 1, 2020 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1228820692.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Since its founding in 1948, the "State of Israel" has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all its fronts. Human rights organisations such...![Palestinians during a demonstration on the anniversary of Britain's Balfour Declaration in the West Bank city of Ramallah , 2 November 2017 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-869312960-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The date of 2 November marks an event directly linked to the root of the conflict in Palestine and the suffering, deterritorialisation and apartheid experienced by its people. On...![Late Palestinian poet and journalist Mahmoud Darwish gestures during his show in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, 15 July 2007 [GIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-75428903.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Mahmoud Darwish is the most internationally-renowned Palestinian poet and writer, although still little-known in Brazil. He is the author of 30 poetry books and eight prose books, translated into...![A protestor runs with the Palestinian flag, as Israeli forces fire tear gas during a demonstration during the "Great March of Return" at Israel-Gaza border in east of Khan Yunis, Gaza on July 12, 2019 [Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190712_2_37318836_46023261.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
"As long as this oppression persists, the Palestinian people have no choice but to resist aggression..."![In this photo illustration a computer and a mobile phone screens display the Netflix logo on March 31, 2020 [OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Netflix-logo.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The celebration of Children's Day on 12 October made me remember and rewatch the documentary Born in Gaza (2014) on Netflix by Italian-Argentinian war correspondent, writer and filmmaker Hernán...![Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on 8 August 2021. [RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1234563995.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Bennett’s speech was a demonstration of the failure of the Jewish state’s colonial project in Palestine, which intended to conquer the entire territory of historical Palestine and advance towards the conquest of the entire Middle East