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In gentle of the continuing Israeli assaults and ongoing massacres in opposition to Palestinians since October 7 final yr, the Chilean Palestine Soccer Membership continues to specific its solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
In a touching scene, throughout the Copa Libertadores match, Chilean Palestinian gamers took the sphere in opposition to Espanyol, holding the hand of the ghost of an “invisible” Palestinian baby who was killed by Israeli forces within the Gaza Strip.
The membership’s official account posted a video exhibiting gamers taking off their jackets to specific condemnation of the invisible deaths of kids in Gaza, with the account commenting: “It is our duty for everybody to see this.”
Palestine is the seventh oldest membership in Chile, based in 1920 by a bunch of Palestinian Arab immigrants within the metropolis of Osorno.
It was based to unite the Arab and Palestinian communities dwelling there, which symbolize a big demographic bloc embraced by the nation and are thought-about one of many largest Palestinian communities overseas.
The group is thought for presenting Palestinian historical past and heritage at varied video games and carrying jerseys within the colours of the Palestinian flag. It has been participating with present occasions since Israel’s warfare on Gaza started.
