Ugh, no… being right for the wrong reasons is hardly better than being wrong to begin with.
Until the 1950s, […] the dictatorship tried to establish relations with Israel using the Sephardi pressure group and the friendly attitude of the Spanish consul in Jerusalem. Israel refused; anti-Francoism was a symbol of its initial nonalignment with the Western countries and counteracted its recent alliance with the United States and contacts with Germany, Austria, and Japan. Nor did Israel have vital interests to defend; there were hardly any economic contacts, and the Jewish community in Spain was not disturbed.
A particular growth in associations between Spain and various Arab nations during this time proved significant later in the century. Around this time, Spain (which had reached out to Israel earlier but faced rejection) still apparently had an interest in associating with the country, despite its increased relations with Arab nations. As Rein describes, “Madrid was still interested — though that interest was ‘waning’ — in appeasing international and Jewish public opinion” (“Outpaced by the West” 88).
Increasingly, in the early and mid-1950s, certain Israelis began arguing in favor of establishing relations with the Iberian nation. Notably, in December of 1955, Israel actually supported Spain’s entry to the United Nations (Avni 210). Finally, in 1956, Israel reached out to Spain in an attempt to open consulates in that country, but the Spanish government refused (“Outpaced by the West” 101–102).
Ugh, no… being right for the wrong reasons is hardly better than being wrong to begin with.
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