Culture Diversity

Be careful while expressing Zionist or Pro-Israel sentiments as there may be a Palestinian-Chilean who feels upset. Chile also has a 500.000-strong Palestinian community (it's thought that less than 1% really speaks Arabic).

If you are an Israeli, be aware that a sizable portion of Chileans do not publicly welcome Israelis, despite the fact that tourism businesses will conceal and downplay this feeling. Former Israeli reservists in particular have a well-deserved reputation for being impolite, failing to pay for services used, and disobeying park safety regulations.

This applies nationwide, not just in southern Chile (especially in Patagonia). The massive environmental harm caused by the Torres del Paine forest fire in 2011–2012 prompted the Israeli government to pay millions of dollars to Chile in an effort to quell the escalating anti-Israeli sentiment.