Chantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
Palestinian-American athlete Valerie Tarazi has arrived in Paris on a mission: To “speak up for the people who can’t” and raise hopes in Gaza as she prepares to represent them at the Olympics. Making the Games “has been a dream of mine forever,” the swimmer, who will compete in the 200 meters individual medley, told NBC News in a video call, shortly after landing in the French capital last week. Tarazi, who is planning to start a Ph.D.
And last week, in a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions, Israel approved the appropriation of nearly 5 square miles of land in the Jordan Valley — the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric called it “a step in the wrong direction,” adding that “the direction we want to be heading is to find a negotiated two-state solution.” Tarazi said her own family’s roots are in Gaza, where many of her relatives remain.
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