Tag: Spain
In devastated Spain, Jewish leaders look to optimistic future
Spain’s ambassador to the United States and the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain discussed the challenges of, and response to, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in that country in an online...
Parade in Spain features Nazi costumes, float resembling Auschwitz entrance
A Holocaust-themed parade that took place in Spain recently featured participants dressed as Adolf Hitler and Nazi concentration-camp prisoners.
The display on Feb. 23 in Badajos followed similar processions the same week in Aalst, Belgium and Campo de Criptana, Spain.
During...
Pro-BDS activists in Madrid assault joint delegation of Arabs, Jews from West Bank
Members of the BDS movement attempted to attack a joint delegation of prominent Arab and Jewish residents of the West Bank last week in Madrid.
The delegation was in Spain on Dec. 10 to meet...
Jews and chocolate: 500 years of sweetness
Sephardic Jews who were expelled in the late 15th century from Portugal and Spain learned about cocoa and the production of chocolate from the indigenous peoples of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Keeping...
District court rejects boycott of Israelis by Spanish city
A district Court in Barcelona recently issued a temporary injunction that rejects a boycott of Israeli individuals and businesses by the city of Molins de Rei.
The injunction is expected to be followed up in...
An Iranian lie unfolds in the Spanish media
Amid the profusion of commentary about the hostile attitudes towards the Jewish community found on certain parts of the American political left along with the British Labour Party, there was a useful piece of...
Spanish judge rules city’s cancellation of Israeli festival due to BDS unconstitutional
A Spanish judge recently ruled that a city’s cancellation of an Israeli film festival due to its support of the BDS movement violates the country’s constitution.
The city council in the port town of Cádiz,...
Holocaust-denier nominated as congressional candidate in Spain’s April 28 elections
A Holocaust-denier who has said that facts about the Shoah are “far from having been established with accuracy” and labeled the Nuremberg trials a “farce” has been nominated this week as a candidate to serve in...
Spanish VIPs get the message: BDS is bad for everyone
The ongoing barrage of Hamas rockets on Sunday and into Monday didn’t stop a group of 10 Spanish lawmakers, policy-shapers and journalists currently in Israel from continuing their fact-finding mission about the threats that...
Caving to BDS, Spanish city cancels water-polo match against Israel
A city in Spain has caved to pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, and has announced that it will not host a women’s water-polo match between Spain and Israel.
The match had been...