The first Jewish president of Mexico welcomes the Palestinian ambassador to symbolic ceremony

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognized Nadya Rasheed as a Palestinian ambassador in Mexico during a ceremony held on Wednesday at the National Palace, during which the president welcomed 23 new ambassadors to Mexico around the world.

Sheinbaum and the Palestinian Embassy shared together a photo of the two officials on social networks.

“Adding to this meaning (the ceremony is a highly symbolic event: a Palestinian woman, an ambassador of her people, presenting her references to the first woman president of Mexico. Embassy of Palestine in Mexico wrote In a post on Instagram.

Sheinbaum, who is the first president of Mexico of Jewish origin, said on several occasions that she supported a solution to two states for the people of Israel and Palestine.

Who is Nadya Rasheed?

Nadya Rasheed began her career as a diplomat in her role as Human Rights Expert at the Permanent Mission of Palestine to the United Nations (UN) after obtaining a master’s degree in 2007 from Columbia University in New York.

In 2021, Rasheed was appointed Ambassador of Uruguay, where she learned Spanish.

Rasheed is the second woman to represent the state of Palestine in Mexico, and the first to wear the official title of Ambassador of the Palestinian Embassy recently established in Mexico City.

History of the Palestinian Embassy in Mexico

Mexico has supported Several United Nations resolutions to provide larger rights to the Palestinian people in recent decades, including the resolution of the 67/19 (2012) assembly, which has recognized Palestine as a “non -member observer state”.

In 2005, the government of Mexico created a representative office of the Palestinian national authority in Ramallah, in the West Bank, deepening the links between the two nations.

In 2011, Mexico welcomed Randa Al Nabulsi as the first special Palestinian delegate in Mexico. At that time, Mexico had not yet recognized the status of the state of Palestine.

Former special delegate of Palestine in Mexico Randa Al Nabulsi Speaking at the University of Matehuala in San Luis Potosí in 2011.

In June 2023, the government of former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reclassified the diplomatic mission of Palestine in Mexico, from a “special delegation” to “the embassy”. Mohamed Saadat was appointed as his first head.

President Sheinbaum announcement Official recognition of the Mexican government of the Palestine State at a press conference on October 11.

“We condemn the aggression endured by the Palestinian people, and we firmly believe that Palestine, like Israel, must be recognized in all its sovereignty. It was the long -standing position of Mexico, and it remains unchanged,” said Sheinbaum during the press conference.

Current relations between Palestine and Mexico

The reception of Sheinbaum de Rasheed coincided with the renewed military campaign of Israel in Gaza, after several weeks of ceasefire.

Mexico has remained neutral concerning the war in Gaza. However, in May 2024, the Mexican government joined the complaint against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), after South Africa has filed a complaint alleging possible genocide acts in the Gaza Strip.

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched ground operations in Gaza in October 2023, the majority of whom are women and children, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.

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