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July 18, 2026, 1:40 pm

Why Argentina and Spain’s World Cup final has become a proxy for Israel-Palestine conflict

Online supporters have cast Sunday’s football match as a symbolic contest, reflecting the countries’ sharply different foreign policies and fuelling antisemitic conspiracy theories

By Julian Melamed and Joseph Strauss (JTA)

Spanish Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Photo: Wikipedia

June 11, 2026, 9:56 am

Spain reports 86% rise in antisemitic incidents, as interior minister takes aim at ‘xenophobia’

The Spanish government said it documented the highest total hate incidents in 2025 since it began keeping records

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

Footage of the incident at Sauna Thermas in Barcelona

June 1, 2026, 12:21 pm

Barcelona sauna condemns exclusion of Jewish women and drops event organisers

Venue says it “strongly condemn(s)” exclusion based on symbols such as the Star of David and will no longer host the group behind the event

By Annabel Sinclair

March 31, 2026, 10:27 am

With spring finally here and summer on the horizon, it’s time to book a holiday

We take a look at new openings in Israel, a super stylish hotel in Marbella, an intimate river cruise and a home of your own in Cyprus

By Louisa Walters

Ana María Salomón Pérez and Isaac Herzog, President of Israel. Photo: Wikipedia

March 12, 2026, 4:34 pm

Spain withdraws ambassador to Israel, widening diplomatic rift as Trump threatens to sever trade

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a lonely and unequivocal voice in Europe against the Iran war, making an enemy of President Donald Trump

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

Police officers detain a man at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany, after another man was seriously injured, February 21, 2025. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP via Times of Israel)

March 6, 2026, 9:30 am

Man who stabbed Spanish tourist at Berlin Holocaust memorial sentenced to 13 years in prison

The 19-year-old Syrian asylum seeker told authorities at the time of the incident that he wanted to kill Jews

By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)

February 17, 2026, 2:46 pm

Madrid museum launches investigation after women ejected for wearing Jewish symbols

Reina Sofia Museum pledges commitment to 'zero tolerance' for 'discrimination related to antisemitism' and stresses 'importance of Jewish artists, patrons and benefactors'

By Michelle Rosenberg

February 16, 2026, 3:18 pm

Israeli visitors called ‘crazy child killers’ and ejected from Madrid museum

Three elderly women escorted from state-run premises after complaints from visitors

By Michelle Rosenberg

Screenshot: Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Twitter/X

January 7, 2026, 3:14 pm

El Pais publishes article claiming Maduro trial judge impartial ‘despite being Jewish’

Outrage and accusations of antisemitism after the Spanish paper of record's comments about Orthodox 92-year old Judge Alvin Hellerstein

By Michelle Rosenberg

Israel's Yuval Raphael at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest

December 11, 2025, 12:24 pm

The staggering hypocrisy of boycotting Eurovision

Boycotting musical performers because they happen to target ordinary citizens because of the country they happen to have been born in, or the passport they hold

By Ben Kentish

Yuval Raphael representing Israel in Eurovision in Switzerland. Credit: Jens Buttner/dpa/Alamy Live News

December 4, 2025, 6:14 pm

Israel WILL participate in Eurovision 2026 – Netherlands, Spain and Ireland to boycott

Slovenia and Iceland are also expected to join a boycott of the international song competition after a secret ballot on Israel's participation was not held

By Daniel Sugarman

November 21, 2025, 11:07 am

Eurovision changes voting rules after other countries question Israel’s success

Broadcasters from countries including Ireland and Spain, hostile to Israel's presence in the competition, called for investigations after Israel triumphed in the 2025 public vote

By Daniel Sugarman

A Banco Sabadell branch in Catalonia, Spain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

October 27, 2025, 12:51 pm

Israeli business owners in Spain say bank froze accounts under new ‘Gaza decree’

Banco Sabadell accused of “discriminatory treatment” after demanding Israeli clients sign anti-settlement declarations

By Annabel Sinclair

Jay Aston speaks to GB News about Spain’s threat to boycott Eurovision if Israel competes. Credit: GB News / GBNews.com

September 17, 2025, 12:11 pm

Bucks Fizz star backs Israel’s right to compete at Eurovision

Jay Aston says contest must remain apolitical as Spain leads boycott threat over Gaza

By Annabel Sinclair

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Madrid knock down barriers during the final stage of the Vuelta a España.
Credit: X

September 15, 2025, 12:42 pm

Pro-Palestinian protests halt final stage of Spain’s Vuelta cycling tour

Israeli team targeted as Madrid finale scrapped; Spain’s PM praises demonstrators while Israel accuses him of incitement

By Annabel Sinclair

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