The Israeli ambassador to Spain was treated like any other Jew at a European soccer match, apparently:
Ambassador to Spain Rafi Shotz came under an anti-Semitic verbal barrage when he and his wife walked home from Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Saturday.
Shotz said that following the game against FC Barcelona, three men wearing Real Madrid scarves spotted him and began screaming anti-Semitic epithets such as “dirty Jew,” “Jew bastard” and “Jew murderer.”
Shotz, who said that the shouts were heard all over the street, was told by his two Spanish bodyguards to keep walking.
The ambassador, who reported the incident to Jerusalem in a cable back to the Foreign Ministry, said that the word Israel was not heard. “It was classic anti-Semitism,” he said.
It’s a shame he didn’t tell his bodyguards to do something about the bigots.
The men did not seem to be drunk, and their Spanish was fluent, he said. No one attempted to silence them, even though they were screaming for quite some time.
This is another one the AP can blame on Israel’s recent war against Hamas in Gaza.
Shotz said he was recognized because during the recent war in Gaza he appeared numerous times in the media.
There, you see? It’s all Israel’s fault that those three scumbags shouted anti-Semitic remarks at the Israeli ambassador. If only Israel hadn’t gone into Gaza, those three young Spaniards would have left the Jew—I mean, the ambassador—alone.