Leila Shahid, Palestinian diplomat, dies in France aged 76
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Tributes pour in for former Palestinian envoy to France and EU, remembered as ‘voice for justice, freedom and peace’.
Leila Shahid, the first female diplomat to represent Palestine abroad, has died at age 76, drawing an outpouring of condolences and tributes.
Citing Shahid’s family, Le Monde newspaper said the former Palestinian ambassador to France died on Wednesday at her home in the south of the country.
“She died today,” her sister Zeina told the AFP news agency, without providing further details.
“Leila Shahid, the iconic ambassador of Palestine, has left us,” Hala Abou-Hassira, the Palestinian ambassador to France, wrote on social media. “A tremendous loss for Palestine and for the world that believes in justice.”
Majed Bamya, the deputy Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, also paid tribute to Shahid, describing her as “a voice for justice, freedom and peace”.
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