Tensions between the Jewish and Arab communities of Chile are on the rise Thursday after the organization representing Palestinian expats officially demanded that the government declare Israel's ambassador to Santiago persona non grata. The Federacion Palestina de Chile submitted a request to the Chilean Foreign Ministry demanding that Rafi Eldad, Jerusalem's ambassador to Santiago, be officially shunned by the government. Local Palestinians said that Eldad's accusations of incitement to violence were 'slanderous' and that they hindered their ability 'to defend the Palestinian people.'
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)ByDANA SOMBERG, GIDEON KUTS / MA'ARIV