Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people
DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A delegation from Chile, including the current president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao, Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, recently visited Israel for the first time.
A DELEGATION from Chile stands with Israeli hosts at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao (the representative with a headband behind the Israeli flag) is the president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao.(photo credit: Courtesy Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao)ByAUDREY LYNN LEINOFFUpdated: