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Chile soccer club shirt offends local Jews (“Palestino” shirts show all of Israel as “Palestine”)
Yedioth Ahronoth ^ | 01.07.14, 18:11 | Ilan Halperin and AP

Posted on 01/07/2014 9:58:38 AM PST by Olog-hai

A soccer shirt is igniting a war of words between Chile’s Jewish and Palestinian communities, after a local club brought politics to the football field and offended the country’s Jews. […]

Many are outraged because shirts that include the number “1” show the numeral in the shape of Israel and the Palestinian territories, implying all the land is Palestinian and basically ignoring the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948. …

(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: chile; jihad; palestino; rop

1 posted on 01/07/2014 9:58:38 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

If that land has a way to sue them broke out of prejudice then do so.
If not, they should let the sponsors know why they will not use their products.


2 posted on 01/07/2014 10:01:14 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Olog-hai

there is no ‘palestine’ nation , has never been, and never will be.

wearing such a shirt is an open admission of extreme stupidity


3 posted on 01/07/2014 10:06:25 AM PST by faithhopecharity (no)
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To: Olog-hai

leaving silly shirts aside for just a moment, the larger problem is the Satanic IslamoNazi regime in WashDC, such as is revealed by this news report:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176035


4 posted on 01/07/2014 10:14:13 AM PST by faithhopecharity (no)
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To: faithhopecharity

No, wearing such a shirt is an open admission of extreme prejudice and support of a lie.


5 posted on 01/07/2014 10:16:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

that too


6 posted on 01/07/2014 10:17:50 AM PST by faithhopecharity (no)
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To: Olog-hai
“Palestino” shirts show all of Israel as “Palestine”


7 posted on 01/07/2014 10:19:12 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

So - Respond with a T-shirt showing a map of the majority of the Middle East labelled “Israel”.


8 posted on 01/07/2014 11:26:26 AM PST by Pecos (The Chicago Way: Kill the Constitution, one step at a time.)
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To: Pecos

Oh, something like that won’t be met with the same indifference as the “Palestino” jerseys.


9 posted on 01/07/2014 11:44:56 AM PST by Olog-hai
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