‘Spain backs statehood for Palestine – but not Catalonia?’

Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) blasted the Spanish government”s crackdown against a regional referendum in the province of Catalonia Sunday, which left nearly 500 people injured, most of them pro-independence demonstrators. Spanish security forces blocked polling stations across Catalonia, including the regional capital of Barcelona. Police broke into 319 voting stations, local authorities…