Posted on YouTube: November 3, 2023
This is sad, but the recent war in Gaza has fueled antisemitism in Latin America.
Gaza War Fuels Antisemitism in Latin America
Author: Latin Arabia
Again, Who Is Xavier Abu Eid?
"Se cometen crímenes de guerra y no está Hamas.. Hoy palestinos no pueden llegar a sus trabajos por los bloqueos israelíes…..No se puede señalar que cualquier ataque de civiles se puede justificar de cualquier forma" denunció desde Cisjordania el politólogo chileno palestino… pic.twitter.com/7InedKeGAq
— leo sarro press (@leosarro) October 26, 2023
Google translation:
“War crimes are committed and Hamas is not there… Today Palestinians cannot get to work because of the Israeli blockades… It cannot be pointed out that any attack by civilians can be justified in any way” denounced the political scientist from the West Bank. Chilean Palestinian Xavier Abu Aid (tv12 telemundo)
It is Xavier Abu Eid (or Aid).
He has been around since forever, but I have not read about him for years. He is a Chilean spokesman for the PLO.
Xavier Abu Eid. Who is Xavier Abu Eid?
1) He is Chilean
2) He is a political scientist, and advisor to the PLO, as well as one of their chief spokesmen.
3) He went to Universidad Diego Portales (Diego Portales University) in Chile.
4) He has media clout in Latin America, though he is unknown in the USA.
5) Being Chilean, he is almost certainly Christian.
6) He writes for Al-Damir, a Palestinian-Chilean Magazine, run by the Fundación Belen (Bethlehem Foundation) – English language link, which also exhalts Arab-Chileans in Chilean Life. It claims to have a Christian emphasis, but some have suspected it of working with Hamas.
The name Xavier Abu Eid is almost certainly a pen name, as Xavier is a Catholic name while Abu Eid is probably Islamic.
It is an appeal to Latin Americans.
Palestinian Soccer Team in Chile Still Grips Imagination
Posted on YouTube: May 2023
(You have to watch it on YouTube)
Another fascinating video from Chile about the soccer (futbol) team, CD Palestino. It has been an international sensation.
The fans of CD Palestino (Palestinian Sports Club) affectionately call themselves Baisanos because their ancestors, who came to Chile 100 years ago called themselves countrymen, which is Spanish is paisano, only, being Arab in origin, they mispronounced the p as B, hence Baisanos.
At one time, the team members were required to be of Palestinian origins, but that is no longer required.
The fan base include a lot of non-Arab aficionados.
The video (which you have to click to watch on YouTube itself) shows that the team in Chile has become a sort of unofficial national team for the Palestinians in the Mideast. But there are issues. The Chilean team sponsors gender equality which does not go over so well in the repressed Islamic region.
Syrians in Brazil Seeking Wealth
Posted on YouTube: around 2020
Syrians have been moving to Brazil since the 19th century — often due to Muslim persecutions.
The are roughly 3-4 million in Brazil.