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Culture A small town in Spain is finally embracing its Jewish history — but is any of that history true?
In Hervás, a rural hamlet of 4,000, an invented Jewish heritage has become a point of pride and a marketing tool
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Fast Forward Norway, Spain and Ireland will all recognize Palestinian state
Although 140 countries and the United Nations have already recognized Palestine, most Western European countries had not
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Fast Forward In the Spanish town of León, locals toast Easter with a ‘Kill Jews’ cocktail
“It’s strange to foreigners,” said a server rushing plates and glasses to customers at a local tapas bar. “Here it’s normal.”
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Fast Forward Israeli film festival in Barcelona still on after last-minute venue change due to harassment campaign
'I didn’t want to cancel the festival, but the price that we were being asked to pay was too high,' the owner of Cinemes Girona wrote in a letter to festival organizers
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Fast Forward Israel summons Spain and Belgium ambassadors after they denounce Israel before hostage release
After Spain’s ambassador was summoned for a reprimand, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares summoned Israel’s ambassador to Spain
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Fast Forward Spanish politician who on Oct. 7 said Palestinians have ‘right to resist’ is made a cabinet minister
Sira Rego, who has a Palestinian father, also reposted a tweet that said the “entire Israeli diplomatic delegation must be expelled” from Spain
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Fast Forward Spain’s Balearic Islands officially recognize centuries of injustice against crypto-Jews on Majorca
Today, most chuetas on Majorca talk openly and proudly about their Jewish heritage, marking a significant change after a history of humiliation, fear and secrecy that lasted hundreds of years
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