MALAGA, Spain — After the Spanish government recently announced it would grant citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain five centuries ago, Amit Winder of Tel Aviv began dreaming of a bright future on the Costa del Sol.
Winder, a 36-year-old Israeli who runs his own video company, said the outrageously high cost of living in Israel, and the seemingly never-ending conflict with Palestinians, have given him second thoughts.
