AS I WROTE, there was an anti-Lebanon war demonstration yesterday in Madrid, officially organized by the Socialist party (Zapatero's), the Communist party and several anti-war groups. Turned out to be an anti-Semitic fest, with chants like: "Nazis, Yankees, Jews: no more choosen people!" "Long Live the Intifada!" and "We Want to See, We Want To See, Zapatero Burning the Israeli Embassy!" (trust me, it's more musical in Spanish)

A brave soul went there with a pacard that, on one side, said "Israel DOES want peace; stop the killings", and on the other "Don't be fooled: whoever votes for Hamas or Hezbollah doesn't want peace". He was quickly surrounded by people shouting "Who's is paying you to come and provoke us?" which quickly degenerated into a chorus people rhythmically shouting "Nazi" at him. Things were turning ugly so he had to be taken away by anti-riot police.

Here's a video (via Spanish blog Manifestómetro):



Remember, this was a rally officially sponsored by the party of our prime minister.

UPDATE. Aaron Hanscom weighs in on kefiyya-gate in his latest piece in Frontpage.

UPDATE II. Fausta has more.

UPDATE III (July 22). More videos of the Madrid demonstration. And here some pictures of the Barcelona demonstration too.

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