Spain’s congress is poised to vote on final amendments that would make it possible for descendants of Sephardic Jews to apply for citizenship.
Legislation in Spain that would naturalize Sephardic Jews was approved by the country’s lower parliament.\n
French lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France\’s diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process.
Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine as a state, albeit only when the Palestinians and Israel negotiate a solution to their long-standing conflict.
Global fashion chain Zara, owned by Spain\’s Inditex, pulled from sale on Wednesday a striped children\’s top decorated with a large six-pointed star after it was likened to uniforms worn by Jewish concentration camp inmates in Nazi Germany.
About 10 days ago, Penelope Cruz and her husband, Javier Bardem, signed a public letter in Spain along with prominent Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and other Spanish directors and actors accusing Israel of “genocide” and “extermination.”
The Spanish government “provisionally suspended” arms sales to Israel over its operation in Gaza.
The Spanish town in the process of changing its name because it contains the words “kill Jews” is promoting plans to open a Jewish studies center.
A Spanish municipality plans to make one of the country’s largest Jewish cemeteries accessible to disabled people.
In Spain’s fourth-largest city, Seville, the Juderia (Jewish quarter) is a vibrant maze of brightly painted buildings, vest-pocket-sized parks, sidewalk cafes, flamenco-show venues and boutiques.
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