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The Blogs: Pedro Sánchez and the Rise of Woke Antisemitism in Spain
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (46+ words) Pedro S'nchez and the Rise of Woke Antisemitism in Spain'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage…...
The Blogs: Libertad Digital: Spain’s Last Pro-West Voice
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (885+ words) To be sure, Spain is not a dictatorship in the formal sense. Yet under Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez, it has drifted toward something corrosive enough: an illiberal order sustained by propaganda, institutional decay, tactical deals with separatists, and power preserved…...
The Blogs: Trump’s Trade Ultimatum to Spain: Reassess South of Gibraltar
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (840+ words) Trump's Trade Ultimatum to Spain: Reassess South of Gibraltar'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert…...
The Blogs: How Can You be Jewish and Hispanic?
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (786+ words) Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez is a scholar and the rabbi of Congregation Zohar Yisrael, a traditional synagogue in the Grand Prairie, Texas. He holds a doctorate in Jewish Studies from the Spertus Institute and a Master of Arts…...
The Blogs: Spain’s Recognition Trap: Doctrine Exported, Doctrine Returned
1+ week, 6+ day ago (777+ words) Spain framed the decision in the language of "coherence" and "no double standards." Yet coherence requires symmetry. Once a state treats recognition as a diplomatic choice rather than a legal certification tied to effective governance and negotiated settlement, it cannot…...
The Blogs: Spain’s Palestinian Recognition Demolished Its Gibraltar Position
2+ week, 6+ day ago (597+ words) Gibraltar is not a peripheral anomaly. It is the cleanest stress test of modern recognition doctrine. Gibraltar satisfies the Montevideo criteria more cleanly than many entities already recognized. Effective Government: Gibraltar operates an elected Parliament, a Chief Minister and Cabinet,…...
The Blogs: The Madrid Secret: Forcing Algeria to Finally End Its War Against Morocco
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (657+ words) The Madrid Secret: Forcing Algeria to Finally End Its War Against Morocco'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this…...
Spain Sleeps, Russia Swarms: The Gibraltar Void
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (796+ words) Spain Sleeps, Russia Swarms: The Gibraltar Void'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on…...
Spain’s Hypocrisy: Anti-Israel Obsession & the Path to Self-Dissolution
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (260+ words) This hypocrisy extends globally. Spain refuses to recognize Kosovo (independent since 2008), Kurdistan (93% independence vote in 2017), or Somaliland, yet champions a nonexistent Palestinian state. Why? The pattern suggests animus toward Israel, not fidelity to principle. As one observer notes, this selective…...
From al-Andalus to the Inquisition: Spain’s Lessons Mislearned
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (333+ words) Criticism of Israel is legitimate; demonisation and double standards are not. Spain's rhetoric echoes old patterns of scapegoating Jews rather than confronting radical ideologies that threaten its own society. Tragically, Jews'who posed no such threat'were swept up in the paranoia....