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The Palestinian passport of Ricardo Abedrabbo (62). He was born in Beit Jala, Palestine..'My parents are both Palestinian but my father was born in Cuba and my mother in Egypt. They went back in 1921 to Palestine. I was a lawyer in Jerusalem and went in 1952 with my mother and brother to Honduras by ship, my father was there already. In 1964 my father started the Rivolii, an exclusive clothing store. Now I have four Rivoli stores. In 1977 I went back for the first time to Palestine, we still have a house in Beit gala. The last time I went in 2008, I didn't like it at all: the conflict and the Israeli's build this wall. I have two children here. Business is very bad due to the political situation here in Honduras. An independent Palestine has to happen.'..It was as early as the late 1800's that the first Palestinians arrived in Honduras. It was the time of the Ottoman empire and many Christian Palestinians felt the pressure that they had to convert to Islam and enlist in the Turkish army. Many took the boat with destination ‘the Americas' and honduras turned out to be the final destination. When the state of Israel was created in 1948 many followed. With many more in 1967 (six day war, occupation of Gaza, Westbank and the Golan heights) and during and after the two Intifadah's..Nowadays its estimated that there are around 200,000 people of Palestinian decent in Honduras, making it probably the biggest Palestinian community in the Western hemisphere. They have been very successful on both an economic and a political level. Almost all are Christians and from the Bethlehem area. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Kadir van Lohuizen)