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Last update - 10:03 05/05/2009
Israeli ambassador to Spain called 'Jew dog' at Real Madrid game
By Barak Ravid
Tags: Anti-Semitism, Israel News 

A torrent of anti-Semitic epithets met Israel's ambassador to Spain, Rafi Shotz, Saturday evening as he walked home from a Real Madrid-Barcelona soccer match in the Spanish capital. Shotz said the three perpetrators, patrons of a pub, shouted slurs like "Jewish dog" and "dirty Jew" until they were driven off by Spanish police escorting Shotz.

Shotz and his partner Michal chose to walk from Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to their nearby home. Three patrons of a pub noticed the ambassador, whom they apparently recognized from having seen him on television.

In a wire report Shotz sent the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem under the heading "Anti-Semitism - a personal testimony," Shotz wrote the perpetrators stood mere meters from him, shouting slurs like "Jewish dog," "dirty Jew" and others "which cannot appear in print."
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The ambassador and his partner ignored the slurs and continued walking; meanwhile dozens of bystanders watched the scene, but did nothing to stop the verbal assault.

Shotz told Haaretz yesterday, "It was an ugly incident, the kind one hears about or reads about in a newspaper, but to experience personally the force of hatred and anti-Semitism is difficult and emotionally charged."

Spain's ambassador to Israel, Alvaro Iranzo, told Haaretz that "Spanish security forces protected the ambassador and prevented any harm coming to him."

Spain has seen an upsurge in anti-Israel sentiment in recent years, fueled by critical media reports about Israel Defense Forces operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including Operation Cast Lead earlier this year.
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  1.   Taunts and anti-Semitism 03:29  |  Lou Kaplan 05/05/09
  2.   And what else did he expect 04:47  |  judith 05/05/09
  3.   Spanish poll ranks them among most antisemitic 04:59  |  Liliane 05/05/09
  4.   For Liliane # 2 05:31  |  Fortuna Benmayor 05/05/09
  5.   to Liliane...Nothing New from Spain 05:38  |  Mark 05/05/09
  6.   Better than having bombs and gas attacking him.... 05:44  |  gly 05/05/09
  7.   Many Ignorant People in Spain but not all... 06:28  |  Baruch Gold 05/05/09
  8.   from the creators of the inquisition 06:45  |  daniel 05/05/09
  9.   Its Open To Israel to do What Spain Is Doing 07:53  |  Brad 05/05/09
  10.   #4 Wrong. Spanish the most antisemitic, Pew Study 09:12  |  Laila 05/05/09
  11.   Zapatero Prime Minister a known antisemite Israel hater 09:15  |  Semsem 05/05/09
  12.   Spain: Medieval Master of Genocide 09:25  |  Gil Zemach 05/05/09
  13.   I was in Spain a month and a half ago 10:59  |  Michael 05/05/09
  14.   No semsem he isn`t 11:14  |  uriah 05/05/09
  15.   maybe it has to do with the Spanish flu/swine flu of 1918 11:22  |  Susanna/Shoshana 05/05/09
  16.   Madrid capitol of fascism until 1975 11:24  |  dovdevan 05/05/09
  17.   #11 Semsen 11:28  |  Sarah 05/05/09
  18.   Wow! 11:48  |  Israeli Arab 05/05/09
  19.   smart countries and stupid countries 11:52  |  MarkC 05/05/09
  20.   grow up Brad in Canada--Israel has enough enemies 11:54  |  Labhras 05/05/09
  21.   ...dog... and they are Christian NOT Muslim. The pope should 12:01  |  Jew- and Bookburner 05/05/09
  22.   Slurs in Madrid.. 12:01  |  Stephen. 05/05/09
  23.   no harm? What about the emotional harm! 12:02  |  Tom Lobo Meyer 05/05/09
  24.   Let`s fight both the slurs and right-wing Israels policies !!! 12:04  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/05/09
  25.   #15. Regarding Franco and the Jews. 12:06  |  Stephen. 05/05/09
  26.   Left-winged prejudices 12:37  |  Meir 05/05/09
  27.   Who were the perpetrators? 12:39  |  Yitzhak 05/05/09
  28.   and how often have israelis called arabs "dogs"? 13:10  |  Ramin 05/05/09
  29.   No Surprise!! 1492 Hello???? 13:20  |  Jewish State 05/05/09
  30.   Not anti Israel just good old fashioned antisemitism 13:23  |  PETER SM 05/05/09
  31.   About Zapatero and his Government.. 13:34  |  Abecassis 05/05/09
  32.   STEPHEN Franco did protect Jews but Swiss Antisemitism is"deeply 13:36  |  PETER SM 05/05/09
  33.   Very sad - Madrid 13:55  |  Maxim 05/05/09
  34.   Welcome... 14:13  |  Kobi former swede 05/05/09
  35.   Intolerance 14:15  |  Erin Tas 05/05/09
  36.   Sticks & stones May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me 14:40  |  Tcherkessi 05/05/09
  37.   # 19 marc displaying his ignorance 15:15  |  Axel 05/05/09
  38.   3 drunks = International Incident 15:18  |  Hank N Tennessee 05/05/09
  39.   #18 Israeli Arab, One thing leads to another 15:21  |  Israeli Observer 05/05/09
  40.   Could be worse. He could be a Gazan. 15:26  |  Michael 05/05/09
  41.   #32.PETER SM 15:39  |  Stephen. 05/05/09
  42.   The demise of the Christian world 16:48  |  Arnold 05/05/09
  43.   Muslims experience the same 17:14  |  Islam 05/05/09
  44.   # 38 hank 17:16  |  Axel 05/05/09
  45.   TO NO 4 FORTUNA 17:34  |  DANNY 05/05/09
  46.   Spain 17:47  |  Michael 05/05/09
  47.   Less paranoia, please 18:05  |  Spanish Jew 05/05/09
  48.   # 46 michael from oregon 18:21  |  Axel 05/05/09
  49.   SPAIN 19:05  |  ANNA 05/05/09
  50.   The quantum physics of anti-Semitism 19:39  |  Eitan 05/05/09
  51.   thirty thousand jews in a country of fifty million,how pathetic 20:26  |  hal tripp 05/05/09
  52.   Think Yad Vashem display 20:34  |  Pioneer 05/05/09
  53.   SPAIN 20:56  |  oz 05/05/09
  54.   Rahmin #27, calling someone "kelb" 21:41  |  FOX 05/05/09
  55.   Thanks, Israeli Arab 23:39  |  Fed UP 05/05/09
  56.   r 23:43  |  manuel 05/05/09
  57.   Slurs 23:46  |  Mike 05/05/09
  58.   Excuse me Haaretz, may I have the last touch..? 00:26  |  Stephen. 06/05/09
  59.   #18 00:28  |  Jane 06/05/09
  60.   #24 swiss....Mohammed Omar 00:37  |  Lynn 06/05/09
  61.   "Jew Dog"? I would have been like "hell yeah" 00:56  |  Moises 06/05/09
  62.   Hey Folks 01:00  |  Jew Dog Too 06/05/09
  63.   get real 01:18  |  Nigel 06/05/09
  64.   Oh please... 01:28  |  does it matter 06/05/09
  65.   see correctly 01:38  |  jon j 06/05/09
  66.   #48 Axel - Germany 01:40  |  *BEN JABO 06/05/09
  67.   Antisemitic Spain 01:54  |  Carmen 06/05/09
  68.   Football 01:55  |  Simon 06/05/09
  69.   Ugly in deed as well as intent 02:07  |  Mark Lincoln 06/05/09
  70.   ambassdor 02:17  |  Muskens 06/05/09
  71.   Wow 02:30  |  Wow 06/05/09
  72.   When Ambassador`s country kills 03:02  |  Tim 06/05/09
  73.   #38 WHEN IS LAS TME... 03:05  |  Henryk 06/05/09
  74.   Israeli Arab - yeh bet he is real quiet on that! 03:57  |  UK gal 06/05/09
  75.   It`s Israeli occupation stupid 04:06  |  Free Palestine 06/05/09
  76.   There has been name calling on Pope 04:08  |  Ron 06/05/09
  77.   PETER SM - your theory is?? 04:09  |  Free Palestine 06/05/09
  78.   18 Wow Israeli Arab 05:00  |  Big Sur 06/05/09
  79.   Shalom/Salaam Islam. 05:04  |  Steve Solomon 06/05/09
  80.   And How Does Israel Treat "Others" 05:27  |  Mark 06/05/09
  81.   Gibberish 05:48  |  John 06/05/09
  82.   #9 Brad 06:33  |  Franco 06/05/09
  83.   Really sad 07:36  |  paul white 06/05/09
  84.   Real Madrid lost this game 2-6 08:14  |  Charles 06/05/09
  85.   what? Spain? 09:13  |  sam 06/05/09
  86.   #32 Correct. Swiss antismitism like Spain is high 10:29  |  Arlette 06/05/09
  87.   Anti-Catalan racism reverted against Jews 11:19  |  Ariel Serra 06/05/09
  88.   It seems it never happens 12:07  |  Manolo García 06/05/09
  89.   a cry from 1616 is heard in 2009?? 12:38  |  Manolo García 06/05/09
  90.   true on jew and moor contribution to Spain in 500 years 13:03  |  Manolo García 06/05/09
  91.   France deported jews to the Reich, Spain never did so! 13:38  |  Manolo García 06/05/09
  92.   I `hear` all the screams Manola. 15:32  |  Steve Solomon 06/05/09
  93.   #90 Manolo García - Quite true, however 18:18  |  *BEN JABO 06/05/09
  94.   Im Spanish 18:49  |  Spanish 06/05/09
  95.   take it easy 22:15  |  Sacco 06/05/09
  96.   Jews heritage in Spain 11:16  |  Yesuah bar Yokahan 07/05/09
  97.   israeli ambassador 18:30  |  m sifman 07/05/09
  98.   Spain 18:41  |  loop 07/05/09
  99.   Spain 2 18:45  |  loop 07/05/09
  100.   No Humility from country of Inquisition and Fascism 16:46  |  Zak Lamont 19/05/09
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