Month: October 2023

Brazilian Evangelical Support Israel During Crisis

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Brazilian Evangelical Support Israel During Crisis

Source: Fohla de S.Paulo – English Edition – October 9, 2023

Why Do So Many Evangelicals in Brazil Support Israel in the New Conflict?

This new stage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revived the popularity of Zionism within this religious segment

The eruption of a new conflict in Israel has flooded evangelical social media with the white and blue flag bearing the Star of David in its center. This new stage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revived the popularity of Zionism within this religious segment, even prompting expressions of support from this religious bloc in Congress.

Brazil is one of those countries where a very large Evangelical constituency can override Arab sympathies in the political realm. The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was very pro-Israel. The current president is not so.


Rio De Janiero protest in support of Israel
Posted on YouTube: October 15, 2023


Pro-Israel supporters from another view.
Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2023

Almost one-third of Brazil is now Evangelical Christian (31%) – who tend to support Zionism – and the government, even though it is leftist, has to respect their political power.


Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2023

One can see the enormous numbers of people who support Israel. Yet, there are not a lot of Jews in Brazil, relatively speaking. Roughly 110,000 which is one-twentieth of one percent (0.05%) of the population.

So where is this support coming from: The Evangelicals.

Yes, there is pro-Palestinian support (see video below) but it will be drowned out.

Remember that the Arabs in Brazil are, in the vast majority, Christian, and some of those would be Evangelical or, at the least, moderate Maronites. So even though Brazil has roughly 15 million Arabs, the Evangelicals will win.


News report on pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel supporters.
Posted on YouTube: October 11, 2023

The Evangelical Christians are making demographic gains daily. While there will be pro-Palestinian support in Brazil, in the end, the politics will sway to Israel. The Evangelicals are powerful — powerful enough that the leftist president Lula da Silva has had to moderate his position.

Added October 24 (below):

Not just the Evangelicals in Brazil. Apparently, there was a massive street protest in favor of Israel in Buenos Aires. Argentina has a massive amount of influential Jews — circa 180,000.

Expect Brazil, with its large Evangelical base, and Argentina – with a large Jewish community – to be more muted or balanced in taking sides in this war, unlike Chile or Honduras where Palestinians are large, elite, and powerful.

The video below was posted on October 16 which leads me to believe that this protest and the Brazilian demonstrations were coordinated to occur around the same time, across Brazil and Argentina, as a large scale show of political power.

ArabTV in Chile Focuses on Palestinian Casualties

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ArabTV in Chile Focuses on Palestinian Casualties


Posted on YouTube: October 13, 2023

As one might suppose, the Palestinians in Chile, are focusing on the situation of the people in Gaza. Now, casualties are tragic, on both sides.

Above: Chileans are taking a pro-Palestinian stand.

Now, as noted, the Chilestinos (Palestinian-Chileans, usually Christian) have massive influence in Chile, and take a pro-Palestinian view.

This can be ironic. Spanish culture is centered on the Reconquista, the stuggle to free Spain of the Islamic invaders. One would think such a people would have a sympathy for Israel, and many Chileans do, especially the Evangelicals in Chile.

However, the Chilestinos are elite in Chile and can either sway the Chilean government, or dampen the government’s criticism of Palestinian actions.

Argentina, the Other Outlier with Lots of Jews

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Argentina, the Other Outlier with Lots of Jews

Note: image was ai-generated.

Argentina still has a lot of Jews; the sixth largest community of Jews outside of Israel. Unlike Chile, where Palestinians are influential, the Jews of Argentina still pack a wallop.

Source: Jewish organisations in Argentina stage march in support of Israel
Buenos Aires Times
October 9, 2023

Hundreds of people took part in a march in Buenos Aires on Monday in support of Israel following the deadly terror attacks carried out by the Islamist group Hamas in the Middle East.

Headed by the country’s leading Jewish organisations, the march in Almagro was a chance for porteños [Buenos Aires citizens] to show solidarity with Israel.

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The pro-Israel rally took place on a symbolic corner of the capital’s Almagro neighbourhood, where the Estado de Israel and Estado de Palestina streets intersect. The national anthems of both Israel and Argentina were played during the event, while demonstrators waved Israeli flags.

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“The only solution is for the Gaza Strip, which originally belonged to the Jewish people, to be vacated,” Rafael Yablonosky, a 60-year-old doctor, said as he rallied.

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Mr. Yablonosky’s comment is interesting, as he does not say where the Gazans should go.

But, historically, Argentina has been somewhat friendly to Jews.

What about Juan Peron and the Nazis?

Juan Peron was NOT a Nazi. He considered Italian Fascist economics as interesting, but that was economics. He did not purchase into Germany’s racial theories. One of Peron’s advisors was Jewish.

Argentina had a problem with leftists, and at that time in history, many Jews were leftist. Conservative Jews were usually left alone. There were issues during the period of the junta (1976-83), but the junta went after every suspected leftist, Jew or Gentile.

Jews have had a major role in Argetina’s history. They contributed a lot to the evolution of tango music.

The Jewish population in Argentina is large, because, for the most part, Argentina was welcoming to Jews.


Posted on YouTube: October 10, 2023


Argentina Had the First Jewish City in the World
Posted on YouTube: 2022

True! Check out video about Moisés Ville (above).

In fact, Theodore Herzl and Baron Maurice de Hirsch even considered purchasing a province in Argentina to create the Jewish state. The rabbis shot that idea down.

For them, it was the Holy Land or Nothing.

November 23, 2024 – Edited: Had to resource the blockquote, and make corrections.

Palestinian-Chileans Are Not Taking the 2023 Gaza Operation Well

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Palestinian-Chileans Are Not Taking the 2023 Gaza Operation Well

Source: Why Chile’s Response to the Israel-Hamas War Stands Out – Foreign Policy October 13, 2023

Chile, for its part, is home to the largest Palestinian diaspora outside of the Middle East. Migration peaked in the early 20th century, and the Palestinian Chilean population is estimated at between 300,000 and 500,000 people. The size of the community has impacted Chilean culture, domestic politics, and foreign policy for years. A first-division soccer club is named Palestino FC, and its logo features the colors of the Palestinian flag. The Chilean legislature boasts a large Palestinian caucus. In 2005, Chile became one of the first non-Arab countries to join the Arab League as an observer.

A smaller Jewish community of some 20,000 people also live in the country …

Powerful Chilean congressional and private sector groups have campaigned for Palestinian human rights for years, and the public conversation about the escalating situation in Israel-Palestine over the past week has often taken a more long-term, historical perspective than elsewhere in the Americas, including in the United States.

Chilean analysts who have appeared on television and radio programs and written in newspapers following this weekend’s attack have spoken not only about Hamas’s rampage through southern Israel but also about its broader context. …

That’s not to say that Chile’s public debate was without major rifts and controversies. The Palestinian Chilean mayor of a municipality within the Santiago metropolitan area, Daniel Jadue, tweeted immediately after the attack that “the people of Palestine have a right to resist” before later condemning violence against civilians. When asked about Jadue’s comments, the Israeli ambassador said “they crossed all the lines” while acknowledging that many other Chilean Palestinians had directly condemned the Hamas attacks.

Chile is an outlier. Because of its Palestinian population, which is rich and influential, Chile cannot be expected to tow the Western Line when it comes to Israel or Zionism.

Even though most of Chile’s Palestinians are Christian, many descended from refugees who fled Muslim persecution in the 19th and early 20th centuries, they have a blind spot about “Palestine.” They hate the Jewish state, and are vehemently opposed to Israel.

The Palestinian Community is organizing to get its own side of the story about the Hamas-Israel war out to the public.

They had a public meeting on October 11.

As this video of CLUB PALESTINO (social club( shows, the Palestinians (nicknamed: The Chilestinos) are a political force to be reckoned with.


Posted on YouTube: 2023

So the Chilean government did support Israel … officially, but do so gingerly.

Source: DiarioUChile (University of Chile Daily) – October 7, 2023

Gobierno de Chile condena ataque de Hamás y expresa solidaridad con el pueblo Israel

Government of Chile condemns Hamas attack and expresses solidarity with the Israeli people (translated by Google)

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