Paris, France, Feb 18, 2026 (AFP) - Leila Shahid, the face of Palestinians in Europe

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2026-02-18

Leila Shahid, who died Wednesday at the age of 76, was for more than twenty years the face and voice in Europe for the Palestinians. Posted in Paris from 1993 to 2006, Shahid had also served as a representative to Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and later the EU from 2006 to 2015. Faced with the war in the Gaza Strip, sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel, she consistently called on the international community to work for a ceasefir......

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