May 12, 2017
When dealing with Latin America, most of the Arab ethnicities in those countries are either of Lebanese Christian or Syrian Christian extraction. Yes, there are other ethnicities as well; but they tend to be smaller.
This is not true of all Latin American countries, though.
IN CHILE, THE PALESTINIANS ARE THE MAJORITY OF ARABS.
Not just Chile, but also Honduras and El Salvador have prominent Palestinian populations as well. However, since Chile is now a first world nation, and since Chile is an economic powerhouse in Latin America, it is Chile which we will pay attention to the most, in this series.
What one has to know is that Arabs are roughly 5% of Chile’s population; but in Chile, the Palestinians are roughly 60% of the Arabs or 3% of Chile’s population.
They are rich, well-connected, powerful, and influential. They are also Christian, about 99% Christian, often Orthodox Christian.
THOUGH CHRISTIAN, PALESTINIAN CHILEANS SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISRAEL.
This is just a statement of fact. Palestinian lobbies in Chile are extraordinarily powerful, and they work against Israel.
PALESTINE FOREVER Part 1
by the Comunidad Palestina de Chile – Posted on YouTube: March 23, 2015
Chile’s Palestinians (also called Chilestinos or Chilestinians) have distorted the politics of Chile in a way that most Latin American countries have not embraced. Israeli and Jewish groups are worried about that. And in Chile, these Palestinians are respectable.
December 31, 2021 – Edited some grammar, and updated a citation.