Chile is the country on the Southwest Pacific coast of South America, which runs from a polar south to tropical north. 5% of Chile’s population is Arab, and the majority of that is Palestinian-Christian: Chilestino/Chilestinian.
Chile is a first world country now, very democratic. The Chilestinos are prosperous and wield incredible political power.
As noted elsewhere on this site, the Federación Palestina de Chile (Palestinian Federation of Chile) is very powerful — analagous to AIPAC in the United States. This is one of their newer videos, happily, it is translated into English, as my Spanish is abysmal.
Chile’s Palestinians are mostly Christian (Eastern Christian or Roman Catholic), but they are decidedly anti-Israel.
This should not be ignored. They are a wealthy elite in Chile, one of Latin America’s premier countries, which happens to be borderline first world. They have the clout to swing a lot of public opinion, if left unchecked.
On June 27th, 2020, on Arab TV – a cable and internet channel in Chile – premiered what will be a six part series on Palestine, called Palestinian Land or The Land of Palestine.
The show lists Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus and Nazareth as part of Palestine, when 2 of those cities are presently in Israel. And, as you see, these Chilean Palestinian-Christians claim all of Israel as part of Palestine.
One might ask why? Especially since American Christians are pro-Israel.
The Palestinian-Chileans come from either Catholic or Antiochan-Orthodox Christian backgrounds; and they have older replacement theologies which do not accept a Jewish state as readily as an American Evangelical would.
This difference in theology also explains why Europe can be anti-Israel. Europe is mainly Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran or Episcopalian. These are all litugical expressions of Christianity (they all have masses), and still endorse replacement theology.
American Christians are often dissident Evangelical Christians, and they endorse a Jewish state. A difference in theology has led to major political differences.
One could not get away with such a series in the USA without a public outcry being raised, however – as noted many times – due to a very small Jewish demographic in Latin America, and a large Arab demographic, there is no strong Jewish lobby to counter this anti-Zionist propaganda.
The only exception is Argentina which has a considerable Jewish population, but even in Argentina, the Arab population is much bigger.
Posted on YouTube: Jun 26, 2020
In Chile, the power ethnic group are Palestinian Christians. They are rich, prosperous, and over-represented in politics and in the economy.
There is considerable pro-Israel sentiment in Brazil, but that comes from Evangelical Christians, not Jews.
The only two countries which have strong Evangelical power blocks are the USA and maybe Australia. Quite possibly also Brazil, but Brazil also has a massive, wealthy Arab-Brazilian block.
I doubt that one could get away with such programming in America.
What should also be obvious is that America’s – and to a lesser extent Australia’s and Brazil’s – support of Israel comes from a large Evangelical community, who support Israel. The Jewish community in America is not large enough to impose its will.
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.
This is a bit hard to explain to my fellow Americans.
But in Chile, there is a soccer (futbol) team with the name of Palestinian (Palestino). It fans glory in the Palestinian cause.
They announced on Twitter today, that their home stadium (La Cisterna) has installed new seats, which are red, white, and green.
Red, white, and green are the colors of CD Palestino (Palestinian Sport Club), but the colors are derived from the red, white, green, and black which were the colors of the Arab Revolt against the Turks, and which morphed into the Palestinian flag.
? No sé qué piensan ustedes… pero hoy nuestro estadio se ve más hermoso que nunca ?
¡Sí! Porque durante marzo y abril se remodeló la tribuna Andes con 2.350 butacas nuevas ?
