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Calls for Brazil to look for paths to peace in Jerusalem, the Middle East
The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil condemned the Israeli occupation’s attacks against Palestinians praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the continuous storming of the site by Israeli settlers and the targeting of many young people in different cities of the occupied West Bank. The Arab ambassadors, who met on…
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Brazil’s ‘Israeli Universities Festival’ has been cancelled after public protest
Palestinian and Brazilian activists have succeeded in forcing the cancellation of the “Israeli Universities Festival” which was scheduled to take place this week at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Student, labour unions and organisations and left-wing political parties came together with Palestinian flags and banners…
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‘Even as a proud Brazilian, I’m a daughter of a Palestinian refugee’
Whenever Land Day is mentioned in Brazil, it is synonymous with one person: the Chairman of Santa Catarina Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Khader Othman. The 84-year-old Palestinian refugee was born in Beit Ur Al-Tahta, Palestine, in 1939 and then expelled from his home and forced to seek…
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Palestinian-Venezuelan author exposes Israeli crimes
In his book Seven days in Palestine, Jehad Yousef weaves a deeply personal journey with stories of the persecuted Palestinians in their land as he seeks to expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation authorities. The Palestinian doctor, who has lived in Venezuela for more than 30 years, narrates in…
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El Salvador’s community seeks to build ties with Palestinians around the world
The efforts of El Salvador´s Palestinians in supporting the Palestinian cause were not limited to holding local and international conferences or appealing to humanitarian institutions to raise awareness of the ongoing violations against Palestinians in the occupied territories. Instead, they took the initiative to expose the occupation and support the…
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Is Israel right to slam Brazil’s decision to allow Iran warships to dock?
In a sharply worded statement, Israel’s Foreign Ministry criticised Brazil’s decision to allow Iris Makran and Iris Dena, two Iranian warships, to dock in Rio de Janeiro between 26 February and 4 March. Israel warned Brazil that it was a dangerous step, describing the vessels’ presence as “a regretful development”…
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Will Lula’s deepening relationship with the US affect Brazil’s support for Palestine?
After years shaped by international isolation during the Bolsonaro era when the Brazilian president did not open new doors or build any bridges with other countries — Jair Bolsonaro didn’t even maintain Brazil’s existing foreign relations — his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks to have kickstarted a new…
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4 Latin America countries condemn Israel’s decision to legalise West Bank settlements
VII Cumbre de la @PPT_CELAC | Unidos, podemos tener una fuerza arrolladora. Para lograrlo, toda América Latina y el Caribe deben integrarse en una sola región que defienda los mismos intereses para el crecimiento de nuestros pueblos. pic.twitter.com/RcHqycwWLV — Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) January 25, 2023 It seems that the return…
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Universities are building bridges between Brazil and Palestine
Universities are building bridges between Brazil and Palestine with the establishment of an online course from 9 March to 1 June involving professors from both countries. The course is being organised by Brazil’s University of Sao Paulo (USP), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the University of…
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The strong ties between Brazil and Arab countries are reflected by the trade figures
There is a deep-rooted history between Brazil and the Middle East. The relationship is not only built on family connections and cultural links, but increasingly trade as well. The strong ties between Brazil and the Arab world are reflected in the volume of trade, which has now reached its highest…
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This Brazilian activist has worn the Palestinian keffiyeh for decades
The keffiyeh is a traditional scarf in the Arab world. The distinctive black and white Palestinian version has become one of the most iconic symbols of the struggle and resistance against Israeli occupation. For one Brazilian of Lebanese descent, the keffiyeh is part of his identity and lifestyle; a kind…
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Brazil Expert: Palestine cause will be at the frontline of Brazil’s political scene
Lula da Silva, the most famous politician leader in Latin America, has triumphantly returned as Brazil´s President for the third time in a ceremony held at the National Congress in Brasília. Just one day after left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January, Brazil has announced a…
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Brazil: new President Lula Da Silva has dismissed the ambassador to Israel
In a step that is expected to indicate a shift in his country’s policy toward Israel, new President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva has dismissed Brazil’s Ambassador to Israel, General Gerson Menandro Garcia de Freitas. This dismissal was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira in one of the…
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Uruguay’s Congress expresses solidarity with Palestine
The Uruguayan Congress has held a special session for Palestine to express solidarity with the Palestinian people as they stand against the ongoing aggression of Israel’s military occupation. The session followed an invitation by number of deputies who support the Palestinian cause and the Uruguay-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Committee which was…
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‘We deeply appreciate this historic gesture to open a Chilean embassy in Palestine’, Palestinian Community in Chile president speaks to MEMO
Thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, has announced yesterday that his country will raise the level of its representation in the Palestinian territories to an embassy in order to establish bilateral relations between Palestine and Chile that are currently only represented by a the…
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Brazil´s Congress hosts second deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Hassan Khreisheh
The Human Rights Committee of the Brazilian Parliament devoted a public hearing session on Wednesday evening to the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For the first time, the Brazilian Parliament invited a number of Palestinians to come to Brazil and speak about the systematic human rights violations…
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Brazil Ambassador visits the Gaza Strip amid a warm welcome
The Brazilian Ambassador and Head of the Representative Office of Brazil to the State of Palestine, Alessandro Candeas, visited Gaza Strip where he was received warmly by the residents of Gaza. In turn, the Brazilian Ambassador has expressed his gratitude to the people of Gaza for their hospitability and explained…
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Brazil’s Congress holds a special session for Palestine on UN Solidarity Day
The Brazilian people still keep their promise to the Palestinians and show their solidarity on 29 November every year. This date was chosen by the UN in 1977 for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People as it was on 29 November 1947 that the General Assembly adopted Resolution…
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Argentina celebrates as it renames one of its roads ‘Palestine Street’
Scores of people waved Palestinian flags as they gathered in the city of Santa Clara del Mar, in Argentina’s Buenos Aires State. They had come together to celebrate the renaming of one of its main roads in the city to “Palestine Street” and to mark the 34th anniversary of the…
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Will we witness a new Arab Spring in Brazil after Bolsonaro’s loss?
Twelve years ago pro-democracy protests, commonly known as the Arab Spring, shook the Middle East and North Africa challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes. But what about Brazil, the country that experienced one of the most integrity elections in the world and was regarded widely as evidence that Brazil is indeed one of the world’s great democracies?…
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Brazilian president-elect Lula’s presence is ‘important’ for COP27
More than ninety heads of state and government are in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s COP27 climate summit. Brazilian president-elect Lula Da Silva, who won the run-off poll against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on 30 October, will attend the summit at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi,…
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Brazil’s most popular leader is president once again
“There are not two Brazils. We are one country, one people, one great nation.” With these words, Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known simply as Lula, started his first speech after his victory over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro with 50.8 per cent of the vote in the election…
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A victory for Lula in Brazil, is a victory for Palestine
After a surprisingly tight result, Brazil’s election is going into a second round in which far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will face left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the latter received 48.4 per cent of the votes cast, and the incumbent obtained 43.23 per cent. Twenty-years on from his first…
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Brazilian deputy asks Palestinian community to vote for Lula
A deputy from the Workers’ Party in Brazil’s Congress, Paulo Pimenta, has called on the Palestinian community in the country to support former president Lula da Silva in the run-off vote of the presidential election on 30 October. Pimenta pointed out that Lula has done a lot for the community…