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Israel has complained to the Spanish authorities after its embassy in Madrid received postcards from nine-year-old schoolchildren accusing it of killing Palestinian babies and waging war for money.
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The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia, regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, ring hollow and smack of blatant hypocrisy. Whoever did kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh--whether it was the Israeli Mossad or someone else--clearly did have their agents use stolen or forged passports. Big deal.

Israel on Sunday filed a formal complaint with Spain, charging that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are being instilled in grade-school students across parts of the country.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his Spanish counterpart Miguel Moratinos are promoting an initiative by which the European Union would recognize a Palestinian state in 18 months, even before negotiations for a permanent settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are concluded.
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A controversial art piece on exhibition at the Madrid art fair, was condemned by the Israeli Embassy in Madrid as being "offensive to Judaism," Channel 2 news reported on Thursday.
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Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, a descendant of forcibly-converted Spanish Jews, appointed as Shavei Israel's new emissary to the Marranos of Spain.

Spain expelled Jews in 1492, but many converted while remaining “secret Jews.” A descendant is the first “hidden Jew” to serve as rabbi in Spain.

Another war is looming in the Middle East, say the pundits. It is hard to ignore the whispers -- now louder -- when they are regularly punctuated by hostile statements from various officials in the region, leading further credence to a possible conflagration.

The likely site of the newest regional battle is the Levant. Funnily enough, nobody can pinpoint exactly where, although it is clear that Israel will be involved. Which should tell us something right there.

Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov's embarrassing behavior in Spain appears to be the tip of the iceberg: Haaretz has learned of other instances of ministerial misbehavior in Belarus, Brazil and Argentina.
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Tourism minister calls allegations slanderous and bordering on libel.