New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- three words and a period. "Well, it all seems to be becoming quite clear," he wrote. Behind that sentence was an accusation now being spoken openly by senior Spanish officials: that Israel seized on the worst migration emergency in Ceuta's modern history to punish Madrid for recognizing Palestine.

As Spain deployed soldiers and drones to its North African enclave and the death toll from the crossing climbed past 67, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon posted a public jab at Madrid's predicament. "Spain, which never misses an opportunity to lecture Israel," Danon wrote, "has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta." He then pressed Madrid to "explain to the world why it still maintains colonial enclave...