Bras\u00edlia \u2013 This Friday (31st), the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, laid the cornerstone for the new Palestinian embassy in Bras\u00edlia, in a plot donated by the Brazilian government. At the event, he gave thanks for the recognition of the Palestinian State by president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva little over a month.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot imagine how happy the Palestinian people were with this announcement,\u201d said Abbas to an audience of politicians, diplomats and representatives of the community of Arab origin, especially of the Palestinian colony, who met underneath a tent at the plot of the future embassy, because the morning was rainy. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/b> was represented by its new Marketing vice president, Rubens Hannun, and by the secretary general, Michel Alaby.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have felt the support of the Brazilian people to the Palestinian people,\u201d said the president. \u201cWe have seen several South American countries follow that example [of recognizing the Palestinian State],\u201d he said. \u201cWe wish peace, we demand peace. Not only for us, but also for the next generations, and I believe that the majority of Israelis believe in peace too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Palestine has a diplomatic representation in Brazil, headed by ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben, but from now on, with the official recognition from Brazil, it will have an embassy in fact and in law.<\/p>\n
Later on, at an event in the Egyptian embassy, Abbas spoke to Hannun, of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, regarding the promotion, in Brazil, of a forum for investment in Palestine, bringing Arab, Brazilian and South American businessmen together. The event, which should take place in S\u00e3o Paulo, has been under discussion for a while and the Chamber has committed to helping carry it out.<\/p>\n
On Thursday evening, at a dinner offered by the Palestinian ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben, the president claimed that the Brazilian government\u2019s actions \u201cstrengthen the possibility of reaching peace through negotiation with our neighbours in Israel.\u201d He stated that he hopes his dream of seeing Palestinian and Israeli children playing together will come true.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are doing our best so that organizations worldwide will recognize the Palestinian State as of its 1967 borders,\u201d he said, referring to the territories occupied by Israel in the Six Day War.<\/p>\n
During dinner, several people who have somehow contributed to the Palestinian cause were honoured, among them Michel Alaby.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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