Israel Matzav: Spain's demolition derby

Spain's demolition derby

This past week, I reported that the Spanish government is paying for 42 'activists' to come to Israel and rebuild two 'Palestinian' homes that were demolished for being built without a permit. That act is richer in hypocrisy than even I expected says Soeren Kern at PJ Media.

The Zapatero government recently unveiled a €5 billion plan to demolish thousands of illegally built coastal homes and hotels. The Spanish Environment Ministry says it wants to protect Mediterranean and Canary Island shorelines. By some estimates, there could be as many as 100,000 houses in Spain that have been built illegally. Homes built illegally after the 1980s, when laws to protect the coast came into force, face demolition with no compensation.

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Israel Matzav: Spain's demolition derby

Israel Matzav: Spain expels Hondurans from UNIFIL

Spain expels Hondurans from UNIFIL

From an IBD editorial (worth reading) on recent terrorist victories in the courts:

Also Thursday, Spain's socialist government showed its low regard for anti-terrorist peacekeeping in Lebanon, where it has a leading U.N. role. Spain declared 51 Honduran volunteer troops unwelcome to help keep peace in that terrorist-threatened nation.

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Israel Matzav: Spain expels Hondurans from UNIFIL

Israel Matzav: Spain pays for 42 'activists' to violate Israeli building codes

Spain pays for 42 'activists' to violate Israeli building codes

The government of Spain, which just last month was discovered to be financing Breaking the Silence, which presented unsourced hearsay accounts of Operation Cast Lead to the world media, is now financing a two-week trip for 42 'activists' to rebuild two homes in Jerusalem that were demolished because they were built without a permit.

Jeff Halper, the director of the Israel Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which is holding its seventh annual summer "rebuilding camp," said volunteers from all over Europe, Latin America, Spain, the United States, South Africa, Asia, and Australia are currently in the country to rebuild two homes demolished in Anata.

"In particular, there are about 42 people from Spain in the camp, and the Spanish government is funding the camp again this year. They have paid for the 42 tickets of young people to come to the work camp, so that is pretty interesting that governments are starting to encourage people to come and resist the occupation," Halper told The Jerusalem Post.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry's agency for international development cooperation, Aecid, allocated some €80,000 in 2009 to ICAHD. In addition, it allocated €80,000 this year for Breaking the Silence, €100,000 for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and has promised to allocate €70,000 for Rabbis for Human Rights.

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Israel Matzav: Spain pays for 42 'activists' to violate Israeli building codes