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| Chile bans Palestino football club "anti-Israel" shirt | Chile bans Palestino football club "anti-Israel" shirt |
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| The Chilean football federation has banned a top division team from using a new shirt that has the number one shaped as the map of Palestine before the creation of Israel. | The Chilean football federation has banned a top division team from using a new shirt that has the number one shaped as the map of Palestine before the creation of Israel. |
| Palestino, a club founded by the large Palestinian community in Chile, has used the new kit in three matches . | Palestino, a club founded by the large Palestinian community in Chile, has used the new kit in three matches . |
| Jewish organisations complained that the design implied that all the land was Palestinian. | |
| The Chilean federation said it opposed any form of discrimination. | The Chilean federation said it opposed any form of discrimination. |
| It also issued a fine of $1,300 (£800) to the Santiago-based club. | It also issued a fine of $1,300 (£800) to the Santiago-based club. |
| Palestino unveiled the new shirts in December, keeping the club's traditional colours, matching those of the Palestine flag - red, green and black. | Palestino unveiled the new shirts in December, keeping the club's traditional colours, matching those of the Palestine flag - red, green and black. |
| However it replaced the number one by a map of Palestine before the UN voted on the partition of the region in 1947. | However it replaced the number one by a map of Palestine before the UN voted on the partition of the region in 1947. |
| Jewish organisations in Chile complained, but it was the owner of first division club Nublense, Patrick Kiblisky, who put forward a formal complaint against Palestino. | Jewish organisations in Chile complained, but it was the owner of first division club Nublense, Patrick Kiblisky, who put forward a formal complaint against Palestino. |
| "We cannot accept the involvement of football with politics and religion," he said. | "We cannot accept the involvement of football with politics and religion," he said. |
| It took several weeks for the football authorities to act and in the meantime the new kit continued to be used. | It took several weeks for the football authorities to act and in the meantime the new kit continued to be used. |
| The federation said it had decided to punish Palestino because it was opposed to "any form of political, religious, sexual, ethnic, social or racial discrimination". | The federation said it had decided to punish Palestino because it was opposed to "any form of political, religious, sexual, ethnic, social or racial discrimination". |
| The club argued that it had used the same design in previous seasons. | The club argued that it had used the same design in previous seasons. |
| On its Facebook page, the club makes clear its views on the Middle East: "For us, free Palestine will always be historical Palestine, nothing less." | On its Facebook page, the club makes clear its views on the Middle East: "For us, free Palestine will always be historical Palestine, nothing less." |
| Chile is home to one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the Middle East, says the BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago. | Chile is home to one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the Middle East, says the BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago. |
| Palestino was founded in 1920 by immigrants in the south of Chile, according to the club's website. It became a professional football team in 1952 and has won the league twice. | Palestino was founded in 1920 by immigrants in the south of Chile, according to the club's website. It became a professional football team in 1952 and has won the league twice. |