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Huge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festival

Display ‘promotes hatred and fuels hostility’, says European Jewish Congress

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July 7, 2026 14:55

Jews chased through Barcelona by antisemitic mob

Members of the crowd reportedly shouted ‘Jews are not welcome’ and called the group ‘baby killers’ as they emerged from a synagogue

By Canaan Lidor

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July 7, 2026 10:52

The historic Palau d'Alfons XIII tower overlooks the Barcelona skyline (Getty Images)

By David Bennun

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

Would Spanish locals have been as hospitable if they’d known one key fact about this tourist?

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June 19, 2026 12:24

Landscape around the small Spanish town of Daroca (Image: Getty Images)

Barcelona bathhouse apologises for ‘totally unacceptable’ exclusion of Jewish women amid Star of David row

A video of the incident that went viral showed sauna guests being asked whether they were ‘a Zionist person?’

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 1, 2026 14:37

A still from footage of the incident at Suna Thermas in Barcelona (Credit: X)

Jewish group to sue over bathhouse ban after ‘Zionist quiz’ for visitors

A video shows sauna guests being asked ‘Are you a Zionist person?’

By JC Reporter

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May 31, 2026 13:27

A Pride march in Barcelona (photo: Getty)

Spanish police beat Palestine supporters after country condemned Israeli treatment of flotilla activists

Four people were detained after an altercation between police and supporters welcoming Gaza flotilla activists home

By Eliana Jordan

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May 24, 2026 13:16

Clashes broke out after activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla returned home, officials said (Photo: Getty)

Israel blasts Spanish government for ‘inciting hatred’ after Netanyahu effigy packed with gunpowder and blown up

Incident comes as Israel boots Spanish military representative from Gaza co-ordination centre

By JC Reporter

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April 12, 2026 11:29

The Netanyahu effigy just before it is blown up

By Alejandro Baer

From Franco’s legacy to Podemos: the roots of Spain’s extreme Israel hostility

The link between Madrid’s rhetoric and the unacknowledged undercurrents of the country’s antisemitism are difficult to ignore. The permanent withdrawal of the ambassador to Jerusalem crystallised this logic

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March 31, 2026 17:15

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez with Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz, who ended a speech with the slogan: 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' (Image: Getty)

Madrid art museum faces lawsuit for ‘ejecting three Jewish women’

Staff allegedly told the visitors to leave because they were ‘wearing a Star of David and an Israeli flag’

By JC Reporter

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February 17, 2026 16:27

Members of the press view Pablo Picasso's Guernica painting during the presentation of the exhibition 'Pity and Terror in Picasso: The Path to Guernica' at the Museo Reina Sofia

World Championships beckon for busy triathlete and Board deputy

Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose 15 per cent last year, new study finds

Spanish prime minister blames Israel for ‘misinformation’ that sparked Ceuta migrant crisis

‘The Jews did it’ – the handy theory of everything, from the Ceuta migrant crisis to whatever may go wrong next

Javier Bardem claims Israel stands to benefit from Spanish migrant crisis

Herzog sends best wishes to Spanish people over World Cup victory

Spanish anti-Israel mob blocks Jewish poet's book launch

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Spanish prime minister blames Israel for ‘misinformation’ that sparked Ceuta migrant crisis

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Javier Bardem claims Israel stands to benefit from Spanish migrant crisis

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Huge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festival

Jews chased through Barcelona by antisemitic mob

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

Barcelona bathhouse apologises for ‘totally unacceptable’ exclusion of Jewish women amid Star of David row

Jewish group to sue over bathhouse ban after ‘Zionist quiz’ for visitors

Spanish police beat Palestine supporters after country condemned Israeli treatment of flotilla activists

Israel blasts Spanish government for ‘inciting hatred’ after Netanyahu effigy packed with gunpowder and blown up

From Franco’s legacy to Podemos: the roots of Spain’s extreme Israel hostility

Madrid art museum faces lawsuit for ‘ejecting three Jewish women’