JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s embassy in Madrid has received dozens of postcards from Spanish schoolchildren containing anti-Semitic messages.
On Sunday, Israel lodged a formal complaint with the Spanish government charging that Spanish schools are promoting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel ideas among young children.
Some of the postcards read "Jews kill for money," "Leave the country to the Palestinians" and "Go somewhere where they will accept you," Haaretz reported.
Other letters addressed to the ambassador, Rafi Shotz, read: "How many Palestinians have you murdered today?" and "Mr. Ambassador, you should think about not killing the Palestinian children and elderly. I don’t know if it doesn’t bother you, having to murder people. You should leave Palestine," according to Ynet.
In a phone call with Foreign Ministry’s deputy director of European affairs, Naor Gilon, Spanish Ambassador to Israel Alvaro Iranzo said that the letters were not part of Spain’s national education curriculum and appear to be a private initiative.
Gilon called the letter-writing campaign an "incitement against Israel."
