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Chilean Soccer Team (2016)
Photograph
"En cada pueblo en Chile, hay un Palestino, un sacerdote y un policía."
In every village in Chile, there’s a Palestinian, a priest and a policeman.
—Chilean saying
Club Deportivo Palestino player Diego Oyarzun (right) dribbles the ball during a friendly against game against the Hebron Stars. The team's red, white, black and green jersey represents the colors of the Palestinian flag and the community's attachment to their ancestral land. The team has a huge following among Palestinians and President Mahmoud Abbas once described the club as a "second national team for the Palestinian people." Chile is believed to be the home of the largest Palestinian community outside the Arab world, most from the historically Christian towns of Beit Jala, Bethlehem and Beit Sahur.
2022.475
On View
Permanent Collection
Hazem Bader
Photographer
2016
AFP/Getty Images
2016
Source Article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2016/12/19/chilean-football-club-tours-west-bank-reconnect-palestinian/