Is it true that in this photograph next to the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat is captured by the future Secretary General of the UN Antoniu Gaterrish?

For many months, a picture has been distributed in social networks, in which the supposedly current Secretary General of the UN is depicted along with the founder of the organization of the liberation of Palestine (OOP). Internet users give this photo as an explanation of the anti-Israeli position of Guterrish. We figured out who is depicted in the picture.

During 2024, the photograph spread in social networks as evidence of the long -standing friendship of Gurierrish and Arafat. It was argued that the picture was taken in the 1970s, and one of the people on it is the future Secretary General of the UN. Users wrote about this Facebook And social networks xas well as authors Telegram channels. Some bloggers noted that this photograph was available on the network, but then deliberately deleted so as not to compromise the Portuguese politician.

The attitude to the UN Secretary General has noticeably deteriorated in Israel last year. On October 7, 2023, militants of the Palestinian terrorist organizations, mainly Hamas movements, broke through the fence on the border of the gas sector, and then attacked On Israeli settlements. About 1200 Israelis were killed, more than 250 became hostages.

In response, Israel began a military operation in the gas sector using the ground forces and aviation. UN repeatedly condemned Israel for blows to Palestinian settlements. October 24 Guterres He made a speechwhich caused an angry reaction of the Israeli government. At first he said that he was condemning the attacks committed by Hamas, but then he said: “It is also important to admit that Hamas attacks did not take place in vacuum.” “The Palestinian people were subjected to suffocating occupation for 56 years,” the UN Secretary General added. The official representatives of Israel took these words as an excuse for terrorism and demanded the resignation of Guterrish.

In black and white photography, which is given as evidence of the missing position of the UN Secretary General, the founder of the organization of the liberation of Palestine (OOP) Yasir Arafat: it is captured in a special Kufi, Palestinian headdress and black glasses.

If you use the Google back search by images, then the picture is not difficult to find in the agency photo bank Getty images. It was made in Jordan on August 27, 1970, and uploaded to the site in 2010.

The signature to the photograph indicates that on it is the leader of the OOP Yasir Arafat and Kamal Nasser, the official representative of the organization. Kamal Betros Nasser was one of the closest associates of Arafat, in the early 1970s he worked The press secretary of the OOP was part of the executive committee of the organization. In 1973, the Nasser was killed during the operation of the Israeli special services in Beirut. Her goal was to eliminate the top of the terrorist movement after the Palestinian militants attacked Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Also in the photo you can see the third man who leaned toward the arafat. With a high degree of probability, this is the leader of the democratic front of the liberation of Palestine (DFOP) Naif Havatme.

IN English -speaking blogs In confirmation of the connection of Guterris with the OOP, another photograph is distributed, in which, however, the same Yasir Arafat and Kamal Nasser are captured.

This picture is also available in photo banks. Getty images indicates that he was made at a press conference of Arafat and representatives of other Palestinian organizations in Jordan in 1970. A man on the right hand from Arafat is not Guterrish, but the same Kamal Nasser, on the left - already mentioned by Naif Havatm, the leader of Dfop.

The future Secretary General of the UN in 1970 was only 21 years old. At that time he Studied Physics and engineering at the University of Lisbon, which he graduated in 1971. Then Gaterrish did not study teaching for long, until in 1974 he joined the Socialist Party and began his political career. Two years later, Gaterrish He was elected A deputy of the Portuguese parliament, where he met for 17 years.

Thus, in the photographs that are distributed on the network, not Guterrysh is depicted next to the Arafat, but a senior member of the OOP Kamal Nasser.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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