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On the Trail and Trial of a Palestinian Diaspora: Mapping South America in the Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1967–1972

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2013

JOHN TOFIK KARAM
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Abstract

Centred around a May 1970 shooting at the Israeli embassy in Asunción, this article traces a chain of actions and reactions that began with Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967 and ended after the June 1972 verdict of a Paraguayan court regarding two Palestinians. Situated among Israeli officials, Palestinian refugees and Syrian-Lebanese elites, authoritarian Paraguay was not only encompassed by but also accommodated the post-1967 Arab–Israeli conflict, revealing the connection between the ‘areas’ of South America and the Middle East through ideas about relocating Palestinians as well as their actual displacement.

Spanish abstract

Concentrándose en los disparos contra la embajada israelí en Asunción en mayo de 1970, este artículo rastrea una cadena de acciones y reacciones que empezaron con la victoria israelí en la ‘Guerra de los Seis Días’ en junio de 1967 y terminaron con un veredicto paraguayo en relación a dos palestinos en junio de 1972. Rodeado por las autoridades israelíes, los refugiados palestinos y las élites sírio-libanesas, el Paraguay autoritario logró contener el conflicto árabe-israelí después de 1967, revelando la conexión entre las ‘áreas’ de Sudamérica y el Medio Oriente a través de las ideas acerca de la reubicación de palestinos así como de su verdadero desplazamiento.

Portuguese abstract

Focalizando no tiroteio ocorrido na embaixada israelense em Assunção em maio de 1970, este artigo traça uma sequência de ações e reações que começou com a vitória de Israel na ‘Guerra dos Seis Dias’ em junho de 1967 e terminou após o veredicto da justiça paraguaia sobre dois palestinos em junho de 1972. Cercado por autoridades israelenses, refugiados palestinos e elites sírio-libanesas, o Paraguai autoritário conseguiu conter o conflito árabe-israelense pós-1967, revelando assim as conexões entre as ‘áreas’ da América do Sul e do oriente médio através de idéias sobre o reassentamento de palestinos e sua diáspora real.

Keywords

ParaguayArab–Israeli conflictPalestiniansrefugeesStroessnerParaguayconflicto árabe-israelípalestinosrefugiadosStroessnerParaguaiconflito árabe-israelensepalestinosrefugiadosStroessner
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Research Article
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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , November 2013 , pp. 751 - 777
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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94 ‘Hoy declara el otro palestino’, ABC Color, 27 July 1970, p. 30; ‘Abstuvose de declarar el otro palestino procesado’, ABC Color, 28 July 1970, p. 23.

95 ‘El proceso a palestinos’, ABC Color, 8 July 1970, p. 24.

96 Riquelme, ‘Toward a Weberian Characterization’, pp. 41–2.

97 ‘Caso de palestinos: fíjose fechas de audiencias e inspección ocular’, ABC Color, 15 Aug. 1970, p. 37; ‘Inspección de una embajada’, ABC Color, 20 Aug. 1970, p. 24.

98 Ibid.

99 ‘Palestinos: victima prestó declaración’, ABC Color, 25 Aug. 1970, p. 24.

100 ‘Caso de palestinos al Estado Plenário’, ABC Color, 25 March 1971, p. 26; ‘Defensa de palestinos ofreció varias pruebas’, ABC Color, 27 April 1971, p. 24.

101 ‘Caso de palestinos al Estado Plenário’, ABC Color, 25 March 1971, p. 26.

102 Ibid.

103 ‘Defensa de palestinos ofreció varias pruebas’, ABC Color, 27 April 1971, p. 24.

104 ‘Declaró largamente ayer uno de los palestinos procesados …’, ABC Color, 7 Sep. 1971, p. 24.

105 ‘Siguió ayer declaración indagatoria de palestino’, ABC Color, 8 Sep. 1971, p. 32.

106 Leibovitch-Dar, ‘Transfer’, p. 18.

107 ‘De nuevo no concluyó audiencia de palestino’, ABC Color, 10 Sep. 1971, p. 28.

108 ‘No declaró palestino’, ABC Color, 11 Sep. 1971, p. 28.

109 ‘Concluyó ayer declaración de uno de los palestinos’, ABC Color, 26 Oct. 1971, p. 25.

110 ‘Palestino reo de crímenes de la embajada concluyó declaración’, ABC Color, 15 Dec. 1971, p. 32.

111 ‘ABC en sociedad: diplomaticas’, ABC Color, 12 Sep. 1970, p. 19; 18 Sep. 1970, p. 19; 4 June 1971, p. 11; 10 Sep. 1971, p. 13; 12 Sep. 1971, p. 11; 23 Sep. 1971, p. 13; 24 Sep. 1971, p. 11; 30 Dec. 1971, p. 17; and 12 April 1972, p. 17.

112 ‘Canciller recibió ayer al embajador de Israel’, ABC Color, 13 Nov. 1970, p. 9; ‘El canciller recibió al embajador Benjamin Varon’, ABC Color, 28 Nov. 1970, p. 12; ‘ABC en sociedad: diplomaticas’, ABC Color, 16 April 1971, p. 11; 25 May 1971, p. 11; 27 Oct. 1971, p. 13; and 15 Feb. 1972, p. 11.

113 ‘Interés de Israel’, ABC Color, 25 June 1970, p. 26; ‘Dos becarios a Israel’, ABC Color, 21 July 1970; ‘ABC en sociedad: diplomaticas’, ABC Color, 29 April 1971, p. 11; ‘Israel interesado en adquirir carne vacuna…’, ABC Color, 13 May 1971, p. 10; ‘ABC en sociedad: diplomaticas’, ABC Color, 26 May 1971, p. 13; ‘La universidad hebrea de Jerusalén y cultura judía’, ABC Color, 7 Oct. 1971, p. 11; ‘Embajador Israelí’, ABC Color, 12 Oct. 1971, p. 29; ‘Funcionarios Israelíes’, ABC Color, 30 Nov. 1971, p. 11; ‘Proyecto israeli a agricultura’, ABC Color, 1 Dec. 1971, p. 11; ‘Técnicos recibió’, ABC Color, 2 Dec. 1971, p. 30; ‘Presentación del libro de Varon’, ABC Color, 5 March 1972, p. 13.

114 ‘Caso palestinos: se ultiman los detalles para dictarse el fallo’, ABC Color, 20 March 1972, p. 34.

115 ‘Caso palestinos: defensa presentó su conclusión’, ABC Color, 22 June 1972, p. 32.

116 I was unable to locate the ABC Color reportage regarding the sentencing, and there is some disagreement among other sources. The Syrian-Lebanese lawyer and the 2004 Ma'ariv article note that the sentences were 13 years. In his memoirs, however, Varon notes that there were two separate sentences of 11 and 8.5 years for each defendant.

117 Leibovitch-Dar, ‘Transfer’, p. 26.

118 ‘Se aleja un embajador’, ABC Color, 3 Aug. 1972, p. 9.

119 Varon, Professions of a Lucky Jew, p. 394.

120 Interview, Asunción, 14 April 2009.

121 Domínguez Dibb, Presencia y vigencia de los árabes; Seiferheld, Los judíos en el Paraguay.

122 ‘“Deseo visa permanente para residir en mi país”: en busca de tranquilidad, un palestino – Fared Shain …’, ABC Color, 21 Jan. 1979, p. 15.

123 ‘¿Se acuerda usted de Los Palestinos?’, Hoy, Sunday magazine, 28 Jan. 1979, p. 11.

124 Appadurai, ‘Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination’, p. 8.