Tag: Spain
Spain deserved US sanctions long ago
For years, Spain’s government has moved from rhetorical hostility toward the United States and Israel to concrete policies that increasingly undermine Western strategic interests. What began as ideological positioning has evolved into actions that...
Sánchez’s anti-Israel, anti-American politics may cost Spain its last African colonies
In diplomacy, legitimacy is a currency earned through consistency—and spent recklessly at peril. Pedro Sánchez is burning through Spain’s reserves at record speed.
This month, the prime minister’s government refused to allow U.S. forces to...
EU shows cracks over Iran war
the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen, published a statement that condemned “the indiscriminate attacks by Iran” on its neighbors. It mentioned neither Israel...
Spain permanently withdraws its ambassador to Israel
The Spanish government published an announcement in its official gazette that the ambassador’s position had been terminated, Reuters reported. It quoted Spain’s Foreign Ministry as saying its embassy in Tel Aviv would be led...
ADL: Iranian Spanish-language outlet spreads Jew-hatred, glorifies terrorism
HispanTV, an Iranian Spanish-language news channel, spreads antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories and glorifies terrorism, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League released on Tuesday.
HispanTV is owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Letters to the Editor
In Spain Jewish women were removed from a museum
The current treatment of Jews all over the world is disgusting and abusive. Recently,
three Jewish women, one of them being a Holocaust survivor, were requested...
World leaders praise Gaza agreement
World leaders from across the globe on Thursday welcomed Israel and Hamas’s agreement to the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal, reflecting both intense global relief that the end to the...
Israel bars entry to Barcelona mayor
Israel's Population and Immigration Authority announced on Friday that Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni had been denied entry into Israel, hours before his scheduled arrival.
In a statement, the Interior Ministry confirmed that the move was...
Kosher meals labeled ‘Free Palestine’ served on Iberia flight
Jewish passengers aboard a flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid had the phrase “Free Palestine” scribbled on their kosher meals on Tuesday, according to an Argentine Jewish group.
DAIA, the umbrella group of Jewish communities...
Spanish cops nab six suspects for Sephardic citizenship fraud
Police in Spain have arrested six people suspected of giving the government false information on behalf of clients to facilitate their naturalization based on a 2015 law for descendants of Sephardic Jews, the El País newspaper...