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‘Chile President-elect Boric has always defended the human rights in our ancestors homeland’ says Palestinian Community in Chile president
In Chile, where the largest population of Palestinians in Latin America resides, the Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile’s presidential election after he defeated his far-right rival José Antonio Kast by 10 points. 35-year-old Boric’s victory represents a major revival for Chile’s progressive left. The President-elect, Gabriel Boric, is…
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Palestinians had a prominent presence in Brazil’s 26th Festival of Immigration
Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, celebrated the country’s 26th Festival of Immigration over the weekend at the Immigration Museum. The festival at one of the country’s leading museums was born out of the desire of communities to preserve the heritage of immigrants and share their varied cultures. It provided a…
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Argentina: Hundreds apply for symbolic Palestine citizenship
Hundreds of Argentinians lined up at the Embassy of Palestine in Buenos Aires to submit applications for Palestinian citizenship. The “I want to be a Palestinian” campaign was carried out in support of the Palestinian people. Many activists of human rights organisations, civil society institutions, a number of parliament members…
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Brazil renews support for the Palestinian people on International Day of Solidarity
On this year’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Brazilian parliamentarians, institutions, committees and movements have signed a manifesto rejecting Britain’s designation of the political wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, as a “terrorist” organisation. The manifesto was signed by more than 100 notable individuals in…
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The Arab Centre for Forensic Sciences in Gaza is the first of its kind in Palestine
The Arab Centre for Forensic Sciences was opened in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. It is the first centre of its kind in occupied Palestine. In his speech at the opening ceremony, its founder, professor of criminal law Dr Abdel Qader Jarada, stressed the importance of such a centre…
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Documentary film ‘Brazilian Palestine’ boosts the Palestinian cause
In Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, which is the home in exile for thousands of Palestinians, a Brazilian film about Palestine and Palestinian refugees is doing the rounds. Documentary Brazilian Palestine is directed by Brazilian filmmaker Omar L de Barros Filho. It focuses on the lives of Palestinian families…
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Will Turkish efforts to hold Israel to account for its crimes bear fruit?
A group of Turkish lawyers have filed a request with the Public Prosecutor calling on the government to pursue a war crimes case against Israeli officials for their actions in Jerusalem and Gaza. Seven of victims’ families came to the Istanbul Palace of Justice and filed a criminal complaint against…
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Publishing literature is my weapon to improving ties with the Middle East
Even though the Portuguese language is full of Arabic words, language is a challenge to the Arab community in Brazil. Having learnt Portuguese, many lose their ability to use their mother tongue. Safa Jubran is distinguished because she not only preserved her Arabic language and heritage, but she also worked…
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Turkey’s new alliance with Latin America is of strategic importance
Turkey has been given observer status in the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, known as Parlatino. The move was confirmed in a tweet on Monday by Mustafa Şentop, the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Twenty-three member states of Parlatino signed the formal protocol presented by the parliament’s…
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A Palestinian refugee has been nominated as the most influential student in the world
A Palestinian student born and raised in a refugee camp in Lebanon has been selected as one of the top 50 finalists for the 2021 Chegg Global Student Prize. More than 3,500 candidates from 94 countries around the world were nominated for having a real impact on learning, the lives…
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Europe wants a school curriculum for Israel to occupy Palestinian minds as well as land
Israel’s Ynet news website has claimed that discussions have taken place in the European Parliament about freezing funding for education programmes in the occupied Palestinian territories, because pupils are “encouraged” towards violence against Israelis. Such allegations are not new. In December 2020, Norway’s legislature backed cuts in aid to the…
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Turkey is now the destination of choice for Palestinians
The first question asked of you in Turkey is often “Where are you from?” When you say, “Palestine”, Turkish eyes light up, because the people love Palestine and the Palestinians. Theirs is a very popular cause in Turkey. Moreover, although Istanbul in particular is well-known for its great mosques, there…
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‘I have sacrificed my future for Palestine’
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine pulled out of this year’s Olympic Games rather than step into the arena with an Israeli athlete. His decision made headlines during the games. Now he is back in the news following the International Judo Federation (IJF) decision to ban him and his coach from participating…
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Palestine Travellers are flying the flag for their country
Last week, the founder of Palestine Travellers, Ramzi Abbasi, posted a video on Instagram showing the moment when he and his friends held the flag of Palestine aloft at the summit of Mount Ararat in Turkey. At 5,137 metres above sea level, it is the highest peak in the Middle…
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Meet Aya Halaf, a Palestinian singer and teacher keeping her heritage alive
Many of us have never heard about the martyrs of Al-Buraq Revolution except through the popular song “Min Sijjin Akka” (“From Akka Prison”), which mentions Fouad Hijazi, Atta Al-Zeer, and Mohammed Khalil Jamjoum. The lyrics of this song have become part of Palestinian heritage and are sung at national events,…
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How much more can Palestinian refugees in Lebanon bear?
Four generations of Palestinian refugees, descendants of the 750,000 Palestinians ethnically cleansed from their land in 1948, are spread across the global diaspora. More than half a million live in Lebanon, making up around 10 per cent of the total population. Just over half live in UN-run refugee camps and…
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Facebook is imposing ‘digital apartheid’ on pro-Palestine accounts and content
Social media has played a major role in spreading awareness of the Palestinian cause, providing a voice to those marginalised by the mainstream. Now, though, social media outlets are excluding Palestinian voices from their platforms in order to silence them. Dozens of Palestinian pages and accounts have been removed, banned…
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‘I want to make beauty from this ugliness’, says Gaza’s first calligraffiti artist
‘The soul that fights in us’ are the words which Palestinian artist Belal Khaled spent four days drawing onto the 50 metre long, seven metre high bombed wall of a building in Gaza. With a flat brush and a bucket brimming with colours, Belal translated the Palestinian people’s feelings into…
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Israel should focus on Brazil for migrant Jews, says one major institute
What do you think of when someone mentions Brazil? Football? Coffee? The samba? Lovely people? Any and all of these probably. However, for Israel, Brazil is the home of 120,000 Jews, all of whom are potential migrants to the occupation state. Haaretz reported on 20 June that according to researchers…
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Why does Israel ban Palestinian mothers from accompanying sick children from Gaza seeking treatment in the West Bank?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed out in its 2020 annual report that, “All patients and patient companions from the Gaza Strip must apply for Israeli permits to exit the Gaza Strip in order to access hospitals in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, and Israel.” Israel’s blockade of the…
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Israel wants to control media output from Gaza, but can’t
In just three words, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza set social media buzzing: “The tower collapsed.” That was how Wael Al-Dahdouh announced to the world that the tower block housing Al Jazeera and other media offices had been bombed by Israel and was coming down. He is well known to…
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‘We are the free voice of Palestine’: Brazil and Argentina continue their support of Palestine
The world is continuing to express its solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially following recent events in Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah. Latin America has conveyed a strong spirit of support for Palestine, particularly Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Mosques were lit, flags were raised and people chanted in support on the…
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The struggle for our rights in Palestine must continue until the occupation ends
I am a Palestinian. I know about pain. I have felt it, seen it and lived through it many times. Ever since I was born, the Gaza Strip has faced brutal Israeli military offensives and incursions. Scenes of death and destruction are the backdrop to my life, having witnessed three…
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Chile’s Club Deportivo Palestino stands in solidarity with Jerusalem
Solidarity with the Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and the people of occupied Jerusalem is being shown in many ways. Club Deportivo Palestino in Chile’s Premier League expressed its solidarity with the team wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh before the game against Colo-Colo on Saturday. The football club was founded in Chile…