Resolution Declaring Madrid ‘Space Free of Israeli Apartheid’ Fails in City...
The Assembly of Madrid. Photo: PP Comunidad de Madrid A resolution calling for the Spanish capital of Madrid to become a “Space Free of Israeli Apartheid” has been rejected by the city’s assembly, the...
View ArticleIn Latest Legal Blow to BDS, Spanish Judge Rules City’s Cancellation of...
Cadiz, Spain. Photo: Max Pixel. A Spanish court ruled that a city council that nixed an Israeli film festival due to its support of boycotts of the Jewish state had violated four fundamental rights...
View ArticleLegal Action Taken Against 24 Spanish City Councils Over BDS Support, Group Says
The City Council building in Torrelavega. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Two dozen Spanish city councils are facing legal action for promoting “antisemitic discrimination” by endorsing the boycott,...
View ArticleAn Iranian Lie Unfolds in the Spanish Media
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, June 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Mukhtar...
View ArticleCourt Annuls Municipal BDS Campaign in Northern Spain Over ‘Violation of...
Camargo, located in the Spanish province of Cantabria. Photo: Zarateman / Trabajo propio / CC BY-SA 3.0. A Spanish court has found that a decision by the city hall of Camargo in Cantabria, northern...
View ArticleSpanish Court Strikes Down Another ‘Discriminatory’ Municipal BDS Pledge
Santa Cruz de Bezana, Cantabria, Spain. Photo: Public domain. A Spanish court has ruled against a boycott agreement targeting companies with ties to Israel that was previously adopted by the City...
View ArticleIsraeli Insurers Phoenix and Menora Invest 48 Million Euros in Enlight’s...
Scroby Sands Wind Farm, off Great Yarmouth, UK. Photo: Rob Faulkner via Wikicommons CTech – Israeli insurers Phoenix Holdings and Menora Mivtachim Holdings will invest 48 million euros in Enlight...
View ArticleSpanish Carnival Troupe Apologizes Over Holocaust-Themed Parade
The controversial parade show in Campo de Criptana, Spain. Photo: YouTube screenshot (via Europa Press). A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish groups and Israel’s...
View ArticleNGO Files Complaint Against Microsoft in Spain Due to Antisemitic Results in...
Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of th Microsoft logo. Photo: Reuters / Dado Ruvic / Illustration. An American NGO that seeks to fight antisemitism,...
View ArticleLockdowns and Entry Bans Imposed Around the World to Fight Coronavirus
Airline employees wearing masks walk in the arrivals terminal at Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, March 10, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. France and Spain joined Italy in...
View ArticleSpain’s Balearic Islands, Renowned Mediterranean Party Spot, Adopt Anti-BDS Law
People sunbathe at Playa De Palma beach, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Enrique Calvo. The parliament of Spain’s Balearic Islands passed a bill earlier this month...
View ArticleLatest on the Worldwide Spread of Coronavirus
Medics work in an Intensive Care ward treating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, Britain, May 22, 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. Photo: Steve Parsons/Pool...
View ArticleDeputy PM Says Time Is Right for Spain to Become a Republic
FILE PHOTO: Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias wearing a protective mask attends a plenary session amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, May...
View ArticleSpain’s Regions Urge Government to Impose State of Emergency to Allow Curfews
FILE PHOTO: Ambuiberica medical staff members lift a suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient into an ambulance, in the Basque port town of Bermeo, Spain August 18, 2020. Picture taken August...
View ArticleSpanish Pro-Israel Organization Denounces Political Party for ‘Glorifying’...
An event held by the Spanish separatist group the Galician Nationalist Bloc. Photo: YouTube. A top Spanish pro-Israel group has denounced a major regional political party for engaging in what it called...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Painting Stolen From Jewish Family by...
Detail of the painting “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain” by Camille Pissarro. Photo: public domain The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on a case involving a family’s...
View ArticleMorocco, Spain ‘Usher a New Phase’ After Western Sahara Rift
A Polisario fighter sits on a rock at a forward base, on the outskirts of Tifariti, Western Sahara, Sept. 9, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Zohra Bensemra / File. i24 News – Morocco and Spain said Thursday...
View ArticleAntisemitism: Back to Square One?
Demonstrators protesting the inclusion of antisemitic artworks at the Documenta festival in Kassel, Germany. Photo: Reuters/Swen Pförtner/dpa JNS.org – Monitoring and analyzing contemporary...
View ArticleSpanish Pilgrim Greeted in Israel After 3,700-Mile Walk to Jerusalem
Spanish pilgrim Carlota Valenzuela is greeted by Israel’s director of religious tourism, Noga Sher-Greco. Photo: Ministry of Tourism A Catholic pilgrim has reached Jerusalem nearly a year and some...
View ArticleEuropean Jewish Community Unenthusiastic on EU Antisemitism Initiatives: Report
King Felipe VI of Spain visiting the European Union Parliament in 2015. Photo: European Parliament/Flickr The European Jewish diaspora is unenthusiastic about European Union (EU) member states’ efforts...
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