While many Western countries align with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, often appearing to act in support of Zionist agendas, the nations of Latin America show strong solidarity with the Palestinian people. This connection goes beyond political alliances and reflects a shared history and cultural understanding.
From Palestinian identity and traditions to the preservation of their roots and, most importantly, their land, Latin American empathy for Palestinians is deeply rooted in the region’s history of Arab migration, the celebration of heritage, and a profound understanding of the struggles faced by indigenous communities. These nations recognize the pain of displacement and the fight to preserve one’s homeland and cultural identity against forces that seek to undermine or erase them.
Yes, there is a degree of truth to the article, and the author does go through a lot of countries.
However, what is overlooked is the growing demographic of Evangelical Christians in Latin America. They may not be able to elect presidents in some countries, but they limit the maneuverability of those presidents in foreign policies.
All articles have to be checked for bias, and the article above is one of them.
Balance that article with this video below.
Posted on YouTube: November 6, 2023
The video can be auto-translated
Lula da Silva’s government in Brazil would be much more anti-Israel were it not hamstrung by his country’s pro-Zionist Evangelical community which is close to one-third of the population.
And not just Brazil! This video below is from Ecuador.
Posted on YouTube: August 26, 2020
AND THE VIDEO IS BY A CHRISTIAN CHANNEL
This is a growing phenomenon in Latin America, and cannot be overlooked.
While Evangelical Christianity seems to be weakening in the United States, it is growing in Latin America – and not just the mainstream denominations, but tilted heavily to the pro-Christian Zionist denominations.
So yes, the Arab ethnics still have clout (especially in Chile) but for how long? How long?
Posted on YouTube: April 26, 2024
But the documentary was made in 2017 THE VIDEO CAN BE AUTO-TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH
The CD Palestino team has become somewhat of an international phenomenon. Not only does it have fans in Chile, but also in the Mideast, and also in Europe.
This is the whole documentary and gives a sense of how powerful the Palestinian Community is in Chile. We have noted this documentary before, but this is now the whole documentary.
And it shows how politicized the team has decidedly become. They made a version in English for worldwide effect.
This is a few months old, and frankly, it is a bit of grandstanding, but I just found it, and thought it was worth mentioning.
Rightly or wrongly, Palestine is now being destroyed, even as we speak. Like it or not, that is fact. Yet, Lula of Brazil wants a FREE TRADE agreement with the Palestinians?
BRASILIA – Brazil has put into effect a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority that has been waiting for ratification for more than decade, in a show of support for the Palestinian people.
“The agreement is a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state, which can live peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbours,” Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on July 9 in a statement.
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Palestinian ambassador in Brasilia, Mr Ibrahim Al Zeben, called Brazil’s decision “courageous, supportive and timely”.
It turns out that Rashida Tlaib has gotten a write up in a Chilean magazine Al-Damir – which means “the conscience” in Arabic – that caters to the Palestinian community in Chile.
NOTE: I am sure that Congresswoman Tlaib has no connection to the article at all in the Chilean magazine. I doubt the Congresswoman is even aware of it. I just find it fascinating that Palestinian-Chileans find her newsworthy.
Palestinian-born Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who –last July – held a message calling Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu «guilty of genocide », as the leader spoke before Congress of United States, this week has achieved a victory by defeating his Republican opponent in the Michigan Congress 12th district elections, thereby ensuring a fourth term as the only Palestinian-American woman in the United States Congress.
Source: The Media Line (When I tried to relink to the article, the original source had put it behind a paid firewall)
According to official sources, the stated aim of the foundation (translated as “Palestine-Bethlehem 2000”) is to provide “scholarships, medical and economic aid to the Palestinian Authority.” Yet, a Chilean government source described the organization to The Media Line (TML) as a lobby. The Anti-Semitism and Racism Institute claims that this foundation is the chief fund-raising organization in Chile for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Wealthy Palestinians from the Chilean community support the fund, which publishes the monthly journal, A-Damir. In celebration of its first anniversary on June 25, 2002, the foundation organized an event, attended by more than 1,000 invitees that included ministers, Members of Parliament, clerics, army officers and judges. Minister of the Interior Jose Miguel Insulza and Government-Secretary Heraldo Muoz both posed for a photograph, wearing a kafiyah decorated with a map depicting a Palestinian state that encompassed land that today is the entire state of Israel.
A Chilean source connected to the Chilean Intelligence Agency (CIA) told TML that this particular fund managed to collect $6m in one year, but that the funds do not always find their way to needy Palestinians. Instead, much of the money goes to charities identified with Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization.
(emphasis mine)
However, the Palestine-Bethlehem 2000 foundation did garner support from Chilean politicians; and a lot of American and European companies have bought advertising in its magazine (Al Damir) in the past, so that questionable connection might be a minor issue; if it is even an issue at all. Though it was once published in a glossy version, Al Damir now seems to be focused on its online website presence.
NOTE: Al Damir listed its distribution here (below); but, as noted, that information seems to be dated, and it looks like the glossy magazine may be out of print, with the emphasis now being placed on that online website presence.
· Bimonthly publication (January, April, June, August, October and December).
60 – 64 pages
· Interiors: glossy couche paper 90 gr.
· Cover and back cover, glossy couche paper 170 gr.
· Free distribution
· Since 2010 associated with ANP
· Projected reading 20,000
· Free distribution
· 8,000 copies digital version
See article, here on Latin Arabia, to find more background information.
What is clear is that the Palestinian-Chilean community has/had enough wealth and clout to publish a magazine and attract major advertisers to it.
This is a video (below) of the sign display by Congresswoman Tlaib that the Al Damir website article refers to.
Posted on YouTube: July 24, 2024
Al Damir commends Rashida’s behavior.
As one would expect, among Israeli advocates, in this case a gentleman from Britain, Joseph Cohen, Rashida Tlaib is not thought well of.
Posted on YouTube: January 9, 2019
Well, I guess you can’t please everybody.
Even though I am a mild Christian Zionist, I will make no comment about Representative Tlaib in this post, except to note that apparently she is a hero to Palestinians everywhere – even in Chile.
Whether that is good or not, I leave to the reader.
November 22, 2024 – Edited – Added a blockquote. Added emphasis. Noted that a blockquote source link is now behind firewall. Added notes and caution.
