Between 1941 and 1943, del Campo saved some 1,200 Jews by issuing them Chilean passports.Pinera is also scheduled to meet with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday and Wednesday.Relations between Chile and the Jewish state have been shaky since 2011, when the South American country recognized Palestine as an independent state.However, Netanyahu and Pinera had a warm meeting in January while the two were in Brazil, and discussed several issues including working together to advance direct flights to Israel via Africa and shortening travel time, as well as deepening bilateral trade links.Last month, the Latin American Football Confederation fined the Chilean Palestinian Football Club for calling on the public to support the "Liberation of Palestine" before a match with Alianza Lima of Peru. In an odd twist of history, the Palestinian football club in Chile was created by Jewish residents of that country in the 1920s as Jews were the only people considered Palestinians at the time; the introduction of Arabs to the club only took place after 1948.Emotiva visita de @sebastianpinera @ceciliamorel y delegación nacional a Museo de Recordación a las Víctimas del Holocausto #YadVashem @acouvecorrea @ggorodischer @marcelo_1811 @IsraelinChile @jackieroseng @Minrel_Chile #AmistadChileIsrael pic.twitter.com/VQu95AVHLM
— Com. Judía de Chile (@comjudiachile) June 25, 2019