Spain fuming after Netanyahu asks Italy to retain control of UNIFIL

Whats wrong with zionists? None of you know what the meaning of anti-semitism is. BEING ANTI ISRAEL DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANTI-SEMETIC. On that note, spain is not being anti-israel either. You need to stop throwing that bogus accusation around and take a course on semetism. Phoenicians, Babylonians AND hebrews are semectic peoples.

none of them have disarmed hezbullah, which is a condition of the ceasef fire. the cease fire is breached, null and void.

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Instead of focusing on Hezbollah, Spain spent its time stopping Israeli from gathering intelligence to defend itself against the northern border. Now they are "fuming"! Poor Spain. How can they be a fair partner in the peace process when they single out Israel but don't have the cajonas to tell Iran, Hezbollah, and the Palestians, and so on, to change their ways?

are in UN Matters. UNIFIL is under control of the UN Peacekeeping Department. Not under Italian or french direction. And Unifil losses? 286 !! until today (from my Observer Group in 82 5 officers and so on. Now UNIFIL has the right strength, the equipement, a maritime component and under the mandate and the conditions, UNIFIL is doing a great job. If this is a useless organization, why the hell is Bibi intervening that General Graziani should be extented.

It's a UN decision. Let it happen. It's Lebanon and not inside Israel; therfore you have little or no control.

Wasn't it just a few months ago that the Spanish UN contingent in Lebanon accused some people of "spying for Israel"? They are definitely not a fair player out there

creating more enemies, this time with the Spanish. Whose next?

As an Italian you should know better!by bringing the troops home from Iraq, Zapatero just followed the wish of the LARGE majority of the Spanish people.Sure,in Italy the concept of democracy and separation of power is not well known since Berlusconi took over(for about the 100th time!).Berlusconi is a simple criminal and corrupt down to the bottom.He manipulates public opinion through his media empire and displays horrible sexism, disdaining all women.He's a close associate of Alessandra MUSSOLINI(!!!)and her fascist party.To say he's center right is to say Lieberman is center right.That he's a good friend of Israel just shows how rotten the government in Jerusalem is.PS: if there is any European army with a worse record than the Spanish,it is definitely the Italian one.only capable of collecting garbage in Naples and protecting tourists in Roma,that is.battles of isonzo,Balkan and North Africa in the WWII etc...wow

I agree that UNIFIL should do its job, either with France or Italy at the controls. Unfortunately it hasn't done too well, has it?

Please, Josh, 99% of Spanisrds havent met a single Jew in their whole life. Spaniards don't have any problem with Jews. To put it simply, there is a minority of skin-head nutjobs that hate anything not genuinely Spanish, and that like to adopt the old na.zi discourse to pose as badasses. But chances are that they hate much more Arabs, South Americans and Gypsies, who they see everyday, than Jews they have just seen on TV. Actually, they tend to sympathize with Israel in their dirty war against the Palestinians.

and the "wish of peace in ME" ,do they derive with guarding the Spanish N.Africa colonies Ceuta and Melina ? Oh ,true ,Spanish commandos have descended from choppers on an island a stone cast from Moroccos coast ,which Moroccans had liberated shortly before. The commandos had taken the unresisting Moroccans prisoner and planted the Spanish flag again. Yes,you have peaceful intentions in your colonies and military experience in colony policing.

I think you have the wrong end of the stick, Netanyahu has asked Italy to stay as zapatero is not the most trust worthy leader,look what he did to get out of Iraq,he humiliated the Spanish army. By the way,Berlusconi is not a fascist,nor is his government,the fact that he is center right,does not make him a fascist.He is a very good friend for Israel and that is what counts. The Spanish army does not have a good record.

Half of the Spaniards have Arab blood. They have prospered until recently thanks to Franco/German generosity. Now that the economic tide has receded, they find themselves standing naked on the beach. Truly pathetic 2nd rate nation.

UNIFIL have done nothing to set up conditions for peace on the contrary.They have strengthened the hand of the Persians whose intersts lie in keeping tensions high and creating a diversion if a lot of pressure is put on them.

UNIFIL have done nothing to set up conditions for peace on the contrary.They have strengthened the hand of the Persians whose intersts lie in keeping tensions high and creating a diversion if a lot of pressure is put on them.

Who is in charge of the UNIFIL forces to decide who can command them the UN or Israel? This is a joke!!!

So the Berlusconi and Netanyahu are good bedfellows?! Why doesn't it surprise me.

They bribed the Taliban not to attack. The French who followed were not told of the bribes. The French were then slaughtered. So if you want someone who will shovel money to Islamic militants, by all means, support Italy!

And was fairly disgusted by it. There were swastikas everywhere. In Toledo, I met a woman who had just opened a Judaica bookstore. She had discovered that her family had been forcibly converted to Catholicism during the Spanish Inquisition. As a result of this discovery, she was interested in exploring her Jewish roots, and opened a Judaica bookstore. The first day it was open it was defaced with a huge swastika. I asked her about it, and she said that Spain has a problem with Jews, in that there are hardly any Jews left, but that the population as a whole is still generally fairly hostile to Jews. This even though the Spanish Inquisition happened something like 500 years ago. So, why don't you get your own house in order before posting stupid comments on subjects you know little about.

Like any other country, Israel's foremost responsibility is the safety of its citizens. Since Spain has demonstrated a bias against Israel in the form of Javier Solana's Arabist platform and attitude of universal jurisdiction, they cannot be trusted. That doesn't change no matter how much the Euro-snots on this board would enjoy seeing Israelis terrorized.

Israel goverment is a nusance to the all world. Mandling in everybody bussiness ,is it time to stand up to this sick goverment?? World stop being bully by the Natanyahu goverment!

How to make friends and influence people. He'd make a fortune, he's been really good at this since taking over LOL

The job of the Unifil is TO PREVENT HEZBOLLAH to attack the zionists! NOT to stop the zionists! Are you sleeping???? That is why the criminal Berlusconi is Israel best friend!

or "when Spanish officials asked the Foreign Ministry for clarification, they got the wrong information". The Italians spilled the beans and now Israel will have to come up with something better than 'we didn't lie straight in your face', because the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Alas Dino, it shouldn't matter whether the UN Troops are Italian or Spanish if the Spanish were not so vehemently anti-Semitic in their attitude towards Jews. We have seen anti-Semitic cartoons, articles, a self-righteous attempt to prosecute Israeli war crimes, when the Spanish have never fully apologized for their ruthless historical mass murders of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish do not deserve to serve as UN Troops since they are blatantly pro-Arab in their diplomatic posture. All Jews should be boycotting tourism to Spain as well as foregoing purchases of Spanish products until they reflect on the anti-Semitic nature of their society.

Not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. But demonization of Israel is. Equating Israel with the Nazi regime is. Attacking Judaism as the evil inspiration for Israeli policies is. These are standards of the European Union?s own racism watchdog, included in its working definition of anti-Semitism. It is worth noting that there are only a few tens of thousands of Jews in Spain (30-40,000 by some estimates) meaning that anti-Semitic attitudes are likely to be culturally embedded rather than arising out of prejudiced opinions of Jews that ordinary Spaniards have actually met. Fanatical hostility to Israel in the media is also likely to be feeding such attitudes. More at : http://xrl.us/bfnv7z

how many rockets land in Israel, so long as he can tripe in blogs.

The Israeli government is full of gangsters and liars. They blatantly lie to the Spanish and now release this story blaming the lie on a lack of communication! Lies and propaganda.

I think Netanyahu is not only engaging in a little Hispano-phobia, but also politics, as he is reaching out to a right wing facist like Berlusconi, who is ideologically on the same side of the politcal spectrum as he is, as opposed to a Socialist Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. The Spanish PM has been a PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST advocate for a long time, and Netanyahu does not approve of this, as he is against peace. I find it illogical for Netanyahu to question Zapatero and Spain's credentials in relation to UNIFIL, when it was Spanish forces that held an operation in conjunction with the Lebanese Army against Fatah-Al-Islam in Southern Lebanon in 2007, when this splinter Palestinian faction sought to undermine Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah in the West Bank. Surely the combat experience and the networks established by the Spanish Army in Lebanon are superior to that of the Italians.

Other states have one foreign policy. Israel can afford several.

"It only matters that they do their job." Dino, you should've gone a little farther by saying "It only matters that they do their job HONESTLY." It seems that the Italians are more willing to play the games that Berlusconi wants them to play.

It was too hasty in blocking the probe into Israeli war crimes. Netanyahu and Berlusconi are birds of a feather.

Dino, It appears that BOTH the US and Israel are in agreement in this instance. Where the security of the Northern Border is concerned both believe that the Italian General is well versed in local affairs, furthermore he has proved beyond any doubt to be considered competent enough. The lines of communication between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense sometimes sometimes lack co-ordination on timing,hence the "snafu". Spain, is not only a true ally, Spain is also well prepared for its role. However, the Italian General,has gained far more hands on experience, for the situation in todays Lebanon is certainly a powder keg. Good day from snowy Valais.

You are really smart Dino!

....or Spanish control. It only matters that they do their job.