Emotions have become the malleable material with which many Spanish-speaking journalists mold the reality of the conflict and of Israel to fit in with preconceptions that look, in many cases, like old and well-known prejudices.
From time to time, when memories of antisemitism have expired, a significant number of hidden antisemites suddenly turn to the open practice of their ancient hatred as if it were a sudden burst of cicada.
The mysterious killing of Argentinian Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman is the latest thread in a sordid and tangled web of crime, intrigue, corruption and cover-up that has marked efforts to prosecute those responsible for Argentina's deadliest terror attack, the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center. Nisman's thorough exposure of Iran's leadership role in this and other terror attacks underscore the threat that Iran presents to the world.