(UPDATED) SPANISH MAYOR POSTS SIGNS CALLING SHARON/ISRAELIS NAZIS

No apology for anti-Sharon sign
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.” On Wednesday, Acting Ambassador Diego Bustamante rejected Israeli charges that the municipal protest was bigoted.

“I do not see graffiti against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as an act of anti-Semitism or racism,” he told Yediot Achronot. “Most Spaniards do not think this way, and we cannot be blamed for the stupidity of a few people in a small town.”

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UPDATE: Oleiros removes anti-Sharon signs
Angel Garcia Seoane, mayor of Oleiros in northern Spain, removed venomous signs against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israel from municipal billboards Wednesday, following intense public pressure, including a direct request from Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos.
Jackie Eldan, the spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Madrid, said Seoane replaced the signs that read "Let's stop the animal!!! Sharon the assassin, stop the neo Nazis," with others that read "Oleiros is for peace and supports the Palestinian people." Oleiros is a town of some 27,000 people in the Galicia region.