What do you expect from ynetnews commenters? They generalize and are as bad as the those in charge in Barcelona. The bashing of all Spaniards I see from them pains me. They are a little jaded over the fact that many Europeans appear to hate Israel on the outside these days, but ultimately many of the comments do not help. I disagree with this act by Barcelona politicians, but I'm not going to go out say I support the Basque separatists or that the Madrid bombings were deserved. The posters on this site are just a bid more rabid than your average pro-Israeli.

It's a distortion of history. Spain, go to clean your houses before speak... Spain never commit crime in it's history... I am going to puke...

...until they find out you are jewish...

I agree with you. I have learned that Europeans aren't a collective, all thinking the same way. I actually don't think it's right to bring up the inquistion, and we shouldn't jump to conclusions. We often do jump to conclusions because we think that this represents all Europeans or all Spaniards, but it's just that the anti-Israel crowd is the most vocal.

It seems that Spain has noiw effectively denied the holocaust. Spain should also now claim that the Inquisition never happened either.

Jordi, It is good to hear that not all Catalonia is bad and it is also true that even under Franco, some Jews were afforded shelter from the Nazi in Spain, but the fact remains that the majority in Spain are siding with the terrorists be it from fear of repricussion from the muslim world or age old antisemitism. I had some hope last year when your king told Chavez where to get off, I just wish your government would wise up too. I am afraid though that Spain is lost to the muslim extremest hord. They outbreed the Catholic and will overwhelm your country in less than two generations.

Of course spanish cowards kiss arab ass, and grovel and genuflect before the rotten arab regimes in the same way as Turkey's erdogan. Spain will get burnt by islamic satantic death cults as they have already. You are with us or the satanic death fcult of hamas, hezbollah, syria and the filth of iran's larijani and jannati.

Listen, Catalonia -- which declares itself the home of the Catalonian people, etc., etc. -- don't do us any favours. We certainly have no need of you.

New Rome is rising and Israel has to chose to be a part of it or not! Jews always cry anti-Semitism whenever it suitable even when IOF smashes baby heads in and butcher pregnant women.

And the Germans risked the lived of their soldiers so league of Nations humanitarian trucks could go through a humanitarian corridor? And Jewish Ghetto fighters used Jewish children as human shields so the SS does not shoot them because Germans military doctrine is ethical? Really? What is this, holocaust revisionism or just plain ugly anti-Semitism? Thank God we have Tzahal in such a disgusting world.

It's good for everyone to witness the true face of Spanish anti-Jewish bigotry and hatred, directed against the murdered Jews of the Shoah and the living Jews of Israel. These Spaniards clearly would prefer to witness the murder of many more Jews. So they condemn Israel for finally fighting back against the Hamas terrorists and killers. The people of Spain, France, Britain and much of Europe will pay a very heavy price for the coming together of their twisted leftists and the numerous, scheming Islamists in their midst.

Spain is right. There is a striking similarity between what happened in Nazi Germany and what is going on between Israel and the Palestinians. Both in Nazi Germany and modern day Gaza Strip incitement and debasement against Jews are rife. Brainwashing of Palestenian children is occurring just like German children were brainwashed to hate Jews. Hamas and Nazis both explicitly state their goal of killing millions of Jews. And of course, Europe tries to find rational justification for the behavior of both the Nazis and Hamas, which will later come back to haunt them in their own backyard. The only difference: now Jews can defend themselves and we do!

It is easier to cancel a memorial than suppress one's true nature,but with Andalus being on global jihad agenda ,it will backfire on themselves. Israel's holiness could never be stained, no matter how hard they all try.

Jordi, this people just can't not generalize, it's something they just love. Didn't you see what they did in Gaza? Collective punishment is their bussiness. The fascination of rightist catalan nationalists like you for sionism is just pathetic. And for the rest of the commentators, well, you're mixing so many things (basques -which in fact are catalan allies in front of the central government-, inquisition, the conquest of america, buffff). Well, you can now continue with your insults and your stereotypes. I see you need to shout your frustations. Keep on going!!

As a Spanish I feel really upset with the behaviour of my fellow citiziens. Israel has friends here too, but absolutely more enemies. In Galicia rallies were extremely anti israel and anti jewish..

Antisionism found its roots in antisemitism & as a way of alleviating the guilt of the western world for the Holocaust (the real one, not the wished arab one). Now it's obviously over, the western world has found the occasion to shake off this well deserved guilt by overcriticizing Israel. It looks at any move from Israel with an extremely critical eye, decides that victims have turned into victimizers that retrospectively deserved what happened to them. It seems like the only way Jews can please the world is when they die. Twisted place we live in !

they care more about hundreds of terrorists killed by ISRAEL than 400,000 Muslims murdered by OTHER Muslims in Darfur. people really need to open their eyes and see where the real genocide is taking place, and stop focusing so much on issues involving Israel that in the greater scheme of things, unlike Darfur, are INSIGNIFICANT.

What do you expect,,the spanish have a history of treating the jewish people well..( i needed a laugh)

It really encourages me to hear that there are still people in Spain who haven't forgotten their history and haven't buckled to the demands of those who seek to destroy their country! Muchas gracias y buena suerte!

Remember history? You mean about the fate of the jews in "christian" Spain for centuries??????? Tortured, jailed and prosecuted by the inquisition..... oh that of course You forgot.........Now I understand when Ephraim Kishon wrote in one of his books "when TWO Israelis have a discussion they usually have THREE different opinions". You just take one opinion that fits You today........

Spain commited genocide in Latin America!! Indigenous people in Latin America do NOT forget this until now.

Some Spaniards support the cause of Israel.

Do not ignore the hate of Jews : you know where it starts, you never know how and when it stops as, explained at : http://xrl.us/kw6hh

THE SPANISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE NOT PRO-PALESTINIAN OR PRO ARAB. THEY ARE JUST ANTI-JEWISH, AND ANTI- ISRAEL. MASS MURDER IN DARFUR DID NOT BOTHER THE SPANISH. IN ORDER TO AVOID FACING THEIR OWN CRUEL HISTORY, LIKE THE INQUISITION AND SOUTH AMERICAN INDIAN MURDERS, THEY CAN JUMP ON A CHANCE TO PRETEND HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT HUMANITY.

Does NOT equal 1300 dead terrorists attacking with rockets. There never was a "Palestinian Holocaust". 6 million dead Palestinians equals negative 3.5 million Palestinians ;P Hamas declared the war a victory. So I think I'm going to donate money towards building mosques in Spain. Then Spain celebrate all the Muslim "holidays".

So what, spaniards are arabs. Normal for them to accuse their victims. They tortured and slaughtered the native pagans during their search for gold in the Americas. They tortured and slaughtered Jews during their Inquisition. They tortured and slaughtered french prisoners during the Napoleonic war. They embraced and protected nazis during and after WWII. They relish in tormenting ,then killing bulls,their favorite fiesta. As you can see, hamas is only an extention of past blood orgies, present (with the Basques), and ...? Are they " blood thirsty "?. Did you know that one of their favorite wine (available here) is called " Sangre de Toro ",and they are not using it to bake Matzot. Did you also know that after a " spectacular kill" the Toreador is awarded the bulls "cojones". Did you also know that the 200 dead train attack, by muslims, was to force Spain to remove their troops from Iraq -- they complied. This is Spain.

As a frequent tourist to Spain and Barcelona, I want to thank you for clarifying the Catalan's position - i.e. that this decision is not generally approved, but just an act of hate by leftists. I feel good again about your country and city.