The Spanish-speaking world is of growing importance both in terms of demographics, economy and political leverage. And the cultural hub of the Spanish-speaking world will of course continue to be Spain. It is therefore a good thing to see that a new blog: Spain, Israel and the Jews, will keep us non-Spanish speakers posted on events.
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In October, 2009, the President of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, was visiting the State of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Asked by Maariv (an Israeli newspaper) about an Anti-Defamation League report on the increase of anti-Semite attitudes in Spain, the P.S.O.E. (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) leader declared, as explained by Spanish newspaper El Mundo:
“I must declare in a clear way, there is no anti-Semitism in Spain in any of its expressions. Not all comment, publication or photography must be considered anti-Semite. The best proof is that today there are no anti-Semite acts in Spain. Anti-Semitism was Franco’s dictatorship“.
But the report issued by the Anti-Defamation League tells us another story, according to the same article by El Mundo:
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