![](https://blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/sites/109/2021/09/2007-07-15T120000Z_1250907111_GM1DVSCPPCAA_RTRMADP_3_PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.jpg)
Palestinian poet and journalist Mahmoud Darwish gestures during his show in the northern Israeli city of Haifa July 15, 2007. Darwish, seen as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, made his first appearance in Israel on Sunday since his self-imposed exile from Israel, where he lived until 1971. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL)