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I have an unusual request to ask all of you who come to this site. This will cost you nothing.

I AM CONSIDERING TURNING THIS WEBSITE OVER TO A UNIVERSITY OR INSTITUTION (for free).

Contact me. (Click Here)

I have edited and run this website, https://latinarabia.com, where I have discussed the history of Arab communities in Latin America for over twelve years. I get approximately 600 plus visitors, 1200 plus views a week.

This website has become an authoritative source, even quoted in major newspapers (see below).

Source: Arabs In The Andes? Chile, The Unlikely Long-Term Home Of A Large Palestinian Community
The International Business Times
By Palash Ghosh
October 10, 2013

… the webmaster of LatinArabia.com, a website that chronicles the history of Arabs in Latin America, told International Business Times that at one point, 60 percent of all textiles manufactured in Chile were controlled by Palestinian-Chileans. …

When I started this website, the amount of information concerning Arabs in Latin America was pitifully small and limited in scope.

To correct this, I set about compiling a lot of data and information. At that time, I was a trailblazer.

In due time, however, a lot of outside articles about Arabs in Latin America started to crop up on the internet – I suspect some of these outside stores were inspired by this website.

My website covered Arabs in Latin America – and mentioned their histories, stories, and their views on the Mideast. However I studiously tried to avoid any bigotry. My chief goal was merely to provide reliable information of academic quality.

I also mentioned the concern of Jewish communities in Latin America.

Many Jews in Latin America were/are concerned about antisemitism arising out of the Mideast conflict. Chile has come under the microscope, because of it large and influential Palestinian community, which supports Palestine and which distorts Chilean foreign policy.

Oddly, Argentina’s present government is very pro-Israel, and I have pointed that out as well.

This website was NEVER anti-Zionist. I merely discussed the Arabs in Latin America, and their attitudes towards the Mideast, occasionally mentioning Jewish concerns.

But I am getting older. This theme is not the friendliest, and could use a makeover. A lot of the internal links are done by hand. Moreover, I had to modify the css on the theme. In plain terms, this site could use a makeover.

I might consider turning this website over to a college (for free). There are over twelve years of work on it, and I have been told that some of this website’s work is of academic quality – by a lady who was going for her PhD. I have lots of demographics and history on the site.

However, given today’s hostile college atmosphere, I am afraid that it might go to some woke anti-Zionist history department.

Do you know of any Jewish or Christian university (or institution) in the USA – must be American – whom I could trust with this site?

I am considering turning it over to them for free. The domain latinarabia.com is worth something alone.

All I ask is that the college (or institution) be American, and that this website not go to hostile use. In other words, I do not want it going to an anti-Israel history department to be used for antisemitism.

This site was merely about history and academic concerns.

The college or group could be Jewish or Christian, but can not be hostile to Israel.

Do you know of any colleges which be interested.’

Thanks

Contact me. (Click Here)
You must be affiliated with a university or institution, and you must be willing to prove it.

THANKS

Webmaster: Latin Arabia.

Source: Responsible Statecraft – Why is Latin America so pro-Palestine?
by Connor Echols
November 20, 2023

… While most states in the region condemned Hamas’s initial attack, their harsh response to the Israeli offensive in Gaza has only been equalled by that of Arab- and Muslim-majority countries. Belize and Bolivia both cut ties with Israel over the war, and Colombia, Chile, and Honduras have all recalled their ambassadors from Tel Aviv.

Even states that consider themselves neutral on the conflict — like Brazil and Argentina — have issued withering condemnations of Israel’s attacks on civilians in Gaza. “This is not a war,” said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. “This is a genocide.”

So why are Latin American leaders so pro-Palestine? Experts who spoke with RS said it mostly comes down to three factors: Latin America’s increasing independence from the U.S.; the rise of left-wing and indigenous movements; and the presence of large Arab diasporas in much of the region. …

Emphasis mine

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The article above has a pretty thorough analysis.

But one thing does stand out (you have to read their article). The author notes the relatively weak Jewish influence overall in Latin America. There is almost no viable a counterweight to all of this, except the rise of Christian Evangelicalism.

The author did note that El Salvador supports Israel even though the present president is of Palestinian extraction. However, El Salvador is one-third to forty precent Evangelical, and that has to have an effect.

In reality, as the Evangelical Churches continue to grow, the sympathies will flip to Israel.

The present support for Gaza may be a last stand for Arabist sympathies.

Posted on YouTube: December 5, 2023