A Right of Return?

All the Sefardis, descendants of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492,  can claim Spanish citizenship under new laws. As always, we ask:  cui bono?

Spain to Grant Automatic Citizenship to Descendants of Those Expelled in 1492

This is a false flag operation.

This is a classic case of bait and switch. Not even a handful of Jews who were evicted from ‘Al Andalus’ back in the good ol’days will be cueing up for this,  but there will be millions upon million of Muselmaniacs who will scream “me too”- and they will all claim equal rights, of course, because anything less would be “racist and discriminatory……”

All the Sefardis, descendants of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492, will be able to acquire Spanish nationality automatically, wherever they live provided that they verify their status, either by surnames, language, descent or link to Spanish customs and culture.

Source: El País

In itself, this might not be so bad. Jews have made enormous positive contributions to European civilisation, although it’s regrettably true that they seem to be disproportionately involved in maintaining the intellectual infrastructure of the multicult, even if I don’t buy the idea that’s it’s all a big Jewish conspiracy, as many commenters here continually allege.

But the criteria listed are way too vague to be comfortable with. Surnames? Link to Spanish culture or customs? Remember that we’re talking about five centuries here. Many of the Jews who left Spain went to Islamic countries in North Africa and the Middle East. The system of dhimmitude is partly designed to produce a slow corrosion of a non-Muslim people’s integrity, resulting in a continuous flow of conversions to Islam. So those who were Jews five centuries ago might well be islamised now, either through having been culturally assimilated to Islamic norms or having converted outright. And does anyone really think it’s beyond the wiles of a Moroccan Muslim to claim Sefardic roots, knowing how adept they are at defrauding our existing systems?

It gets worse, though, when you hear what was said when the measure was being announced.

The Minister for External Affairs and Cooperation, for his part, has made it clear that this measure is aimed at making the process for granting nationality more flexible and recalled the historic links of the Jewish and Muslim people with Spain. “Our relations have never been interrupted, they have never been forgotten, they have been all the more intense the more tolerant, the more interested in dialogue and the more democratic Spain has been”, he declared.

Another of the objectives of the directive is, according to Margallo, “to recover the memory of the Spain silenced for so long” and finish the journey “to the land of liberty” of the Spaniards who “year for Sefarad” and live in the diaspora.

For Gallardón, this directive is the “re-encounter” and is going to be directed at all “those who were unjustly deprived of their nationality and recreated through affection a Spain to whose loss they never resigned themselves and which, from now on, is as much theirs as ours, as far as rights are concerned”.

…Just as 31 March 1492, date of the signature of the edict of expulsion of the Jews of Castilla and Aragón, was, according to Querub, a day of darkness and obscurity, the legal provision “of return” announced today will ensure that this day “passes into history as a day of clear blue sky and intense light for Spain”.

Of course the notion of anything like “nationality” in the modern sense existing in the 15th century is ludicrous. And now that they have granted this measure to Jews, we can expect to hear continuous demands for “equal treatment” for Muslims. Judging by the remarks above, Spain’s ruling caste (and let’s not forget it is the nominally conservative party that is in office) will be disposed to grant them.