Two days after Spain announced its intention to recognize an independent state of Palestine, Israel has imposed restrictions on the work of Spanish diplomats in the country. The Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Spanish Consulate General in East Jerusalem will in future be prohibited from offering their services to Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Israel Katz posted on the social media platform X on Friday. Katz justified the measure by pointing to a statement by Spain’s deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, which he categorized as anti-Semitic. “In response …