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THE PA CONGRATULATES CHILE’S PALESTINOS

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Source of image: CD Palestino – Facebook
August 20/21, 2020

Ramallah 20 August, 2020

Mr. Jorge Uauy
President of Sports Club Palestino

Dear Brother:

Felicitations to [Sports Club] Palestino upon 100 years from its foundation, the celebration of 100 years of historic sport, compromising an identity representing our people in the diaspora.

We are a singular people with teams that have the same name and flag.

My regards, though you, to all the family of Palestine, the Palestinian community of Chile, Latin America, and the rest of the world. We are very proud of your achievements at the national and international level. We hope that soon you will be able to play in Holy Jerusalem, the capital of the state of Palestine, and that you will continue to bring joy and pride to our people.

Mohammed Abbas
President of the State of Palestine

The opinions of the letter belong to President Abbas, and are not mine.

Whether or not you think that Palestinians are a real people or an “invented” one, they obviously consider themselves a nationality — and so do Palestinian-Chileans.

Mohammed Abbas, the dictator of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, sent a letter of congratulation to CD (Club Deportivo/Sports Club) Palestino on the occasion of their 100th anniversary.

CD Palestino has an international following, not only in Chile, but also in the Mideast. They are a phenomenom.

This is a big deal among Palestinians in Chile and Latin America, especially Chile.

PS: You can use the Settings (the gear) to get English translations.


Posted on YouTube: August 20, 2020

Centennial of Club Palestino

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Palestino Cenntenial
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Palestino team

When the sounds of excitement rise, everyone cheers Palestino ?? ?عندما تعلو أصوات الحماس والتشويق والإثارة ، الكل يهتف باليستينو ?? ?Ese sonido que te llega al alma. ¡Todos con Palestino! #VamosPalestino #يلا_بالستينو

Posted by Club Deportivo Palestino on Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Guess who is celebrating their centennial. Club Palestino in Chile. (Click to see the video on Facebook – they changed the permissions)

Club Palestino is a successful football (soccer) team in Chile and South America, having won championships. It has become an international phenomenon.

Even though headquartered in Chile, they have been embraced in the Arab world as well.

Their fans call themselves Baisanos, which comes from the Spanish word: paisanos, which means countrymen or compatriots. However, as Arabs often have trouble pronouncing the letter P, and instead say B, the fans call themselves Baisanos. It is an affectionate remembrance of their Arab ancestors’ struggle with the Spanish language.

The club has thoroughly identified itself with the Palestinian cause; and has become somewhat of a firebrand for Palestinian nationalism.

As an aside: those who would claim that Palestinians had no national identity before 1964 have to contend with the fact that this team was found in 1920 – some say 1916 – which is a long time before 1964.

The team has made tours to the disputed territories. Indeed, they are controversial.

June 16, 2022 – Made a note about video, which can now be seen only on Facebook.

Palestinian Player Congratulates Club Palestino

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Posted on YouTube: August 10, 2020

A Palestinian player from Gaza congratulates Club Palestino upon their centennial anniversary.

The original video comes from here: https://www.facebook.com/Palestino/videos/293116268630606/,
part of the Club Palestino Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Palestino.

As you can see, the Chilean soccer team: Club Palestino, and the Palestinian cause have become mutually identified in both Chile and the disputed territories.

Shabab al Khalil is a soccer team in Hebron. I took the liberty of translating it, as most people would not know what Shabab al-Khalil means. Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for Hebron.

A Video About the Stadium in Chile for CD Palestino

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A Video About the Stadium in Chile for CD Palestino


Published on YouTube: October 21, 2018

The video does have an auto translate option under settings, though it is hard to set properly.

This a short intro to the La Cisterna (a suburb of Santiago) Municipal Stadium in Chile. As one notices, the stadium is bedecked with the effects of Palestinian resistance: Palestinian flags, Palestinian colors, a painting of Palestinians in keffiyahs, and a map of Palestine that excludes Israel.

As noted many times, though the Palestinians of Chile are 99% Christian, they have identified with the Palestinian cause in the Mideast, even though that cause has an Islamist flavor.

They seem to have forgotten that their ancestors fled the Holy Land because of Islamic oppression.

But they are a force in sports in Chile – They have a rivalry with the University of Chile. They are a second national team to the Palestinians in the Holy Land. They have even signed up a Muslim player from the Palestinian territories. And, by dint of their fame and devotion, CD Palestino has become a political force as well.

It is a rather strange arrangement. Sports in America tends to be apolitical. Not so in Chile, nor the Mideast.

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