Monday, December 19, 2016
Legendary Chilean soccer club enjoys West Bank homecoming (The Associated Press)
For over a week, Palestinian soccer fans have been enjoying a special Christmas-season present: the first visit by Chilean soccer club Deportivo Palestino to the West Bank. Two-time winners of Chile's Premier Division and quarter finalists in this year's Copa Sudamerica, Palestino was founded in 1920 in the capital city Santiago by Palestinian immigrants. ''The main purpose of this visit is to reconnect the team to our origins in Palestine,'' said team general manager Christian Elben Nazal, whose father immigrated to Chile from the town of Beit Jala.
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