SPANISH HYPOCRISY

Como se dice intifada?
Like all its enlightened European neighbors, Spain for years has been preaching to Israel about the need for Palestinian statehood. But apparently the right to national self-determination doesn't apply in Europe, since what's urgent for the Palestinians is out of the question for the Basques, Hillel Halkin writes. (Jerusalem Post)

Roll over and die
Five years ago, Spain spent more than $35 million erecting a 10-foot-tall fence around its North African enclave of Melilla, cutting it off from the rest of Morocco. It consists of two rows of barricades, hi-tech security cameras, fiber optic sensors and a road to accommodate police patrols. The Spanish government went to all this trouble to stem the tide of Moroccans seeking to cross the border illegally.