Spain’s ambassador to Israel defended a street sign in a Spanish town attacking Ariel Sharon. There have been fierce exchanges between Jerusalem and Madrid over the sign erected by the mayor of Oleiros, reading, “We will stop the beast! Sharon is a murderer. Stop the new Nazis.”
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