In Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend

[occuserpens]

2006-07-20 Who is afraid of keffiyeh?

In Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain and Secretary General of the Socialist Party, arrived to power at a time nobody expected, not even inside the Party.

Keen on populist tirades against the United States "Dickhead Bush" and "Ketchup Queen Kerry", his whole campaign did not bring much attention until the moment Al-Qaeda decided to blow up Madrid trains, killing almost 200 people and bringing to an end Spain's membership of the West.

From that moment on, everybody knew nothing would be the same, and Spanish Jews knew there were hard times ahead. Prime Minister Zapatero has not disappointed them.

[efhmc]

1. Can you please explain to me, how anti-semitism is in any way "a

leftist trend"?

[MADem]

8. The article says that IN SPAIN, the LEFTIST who is leading them

is behaving in a fashion that leads me to believe he hates Jews....and that he's crazy, and not a leftist at all.

[Scurrilous]

2. Israel: Relations with Spain hurt by PM's accusation of 'abusive force'

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"Israel's envoy to Spain said on Thursday the two countries' relations had been damaged after the Spanish prime minister accused Israel of using "abusive force" during an event at which he also wore a Palestinian scarf.

Spain's ability to use its influence to help defuse the growing Middle East conflict could suffer following the speech by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to a meeting of young Socialists on Wednesday, Ambassador Victor Harel said.

His comments came as European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, himself a Spaniard, was involved in talks aimed at ending fighting between Israel, Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants."

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"Zapatero, who took power in a surprise election victory following Islamist train bombings in Madrid in 2004 and immediately pulled Spanish troops out of Iraq, had told the young Socialists: "No one should defend themselves with abusive force which does not protect innocent human beings."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/740965.html

[Mass]

3. From your first link.

2006-07-20 Who is afraid of keffiyeh?

According to Ynet, Spanish PM Zapatero shows himself as anti-Semite when he poses for a photo-op in the Palestinian garment called Keffiyeh. We are supposed to believe that this means nothing short of "hard times for the Spanish Jews" and "virulent explosion of anti-Semitism in Spain".
Now let us check what exactly is keffiyeh - that's traditional Arab national garment. For example, T.E.Lawrence used to wear it when he wanted to demonstrate his unity with the Arabs. Also, Arafat used to appear in keffiyeh. In fact, it is essentially secular and has little to do with radical Islamists from Hizballah.
As for Hizballah, its symbol is not keffiyeh, but typical revolutionary Kalashnikov rifle. This immediately explains that official Israeli claim to "disarm Hizballah" actually means "death to Hizballah" because Kalashnikov happens to be their symbol.
Returning to Zapatero, we can say that for him, to wear the keffiyeh is a typical political gesture like kissing an Arab child. No, it is not more anti-Semitic than wearing a six-cornered star or kissing a Jewish child is Islamophobic

[MADem]

4. Everything old is new again, unfortunately

And this asshole is a disgrace to liberals, and does not deserve to call himself one--the "understanding Nazis" business is jut the tip of the iceberg with this guy:

Although many experts had foretold of the imminent disappearing of European Jews, nobody expected such a virulent explosion of anti-Semitism in Spain, not even under a Leftist government.
The first signal came on Monday, 5 December, when during a dinner with the Benarroch family, Zapatero and wife began claiming what Vidal Quadras, member of the European Parliament, described on the radio as "a tirade of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism".

By the moment the Benarroch couple had left the table to express their regrets, Zapatero was explaining his lack of surprise about the Holocaust: according to the people present, Zapatero claimed to understand the Nazis. ...The commotion caused in the Spanish Jewish community seems to be huge, especially taking in count that after some months of anxiety after his election, some Jews were feeling somewhat safe in Spain. Not anymore.

Some people were trying to alert the international community about what was boiling in Spain, but neither the OSCE nor the EUMC ever listened, preferring contacts with anti-Israeli NGOs based on the idea that anti-Semitism has to do with Arabs. Now the Spanish Jews are to pay the price for the international community's inaction, once more.

If the United States does not want to see the American embassy in Madrid full of Jews fleeing Spain, President Bush will do well in isolating Spain in the international arena while pressing, and asking European members to press, the new Socialist government of Spain....

[Burma Jones]

5. Well, the source is a little biased.........

A Plague on both y'alls houses......

[bloom]

6. It sounds like anti-UnitedStatism is a leftist trend.

Does that surprise anyone? As rightist as the US is...

[patdem]

7. Talk about racist websites...if blacks can be racist, so can Jews...sorry

This is a whole load of crap...give me something REAL..and not some Zionists opinion. Have you read the comments?

[GeorgeGist]

9. Did you Drudge this up?

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3278919,00.html