{"id":80218,"date":"2026-09-03T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/80218\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:50:09","slug":"spain-antisemitism-rises-as-jewish-groups-report-221-incidents-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/80218\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain antisemitism rises as Jewish groups report 221 incidents in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain\u2019s Jewish umbrella organization and a watchdog group have reported that antisemitic<\/a> incidents rose 14.5% in 2025, warning that hatred was being \u201cnormalized.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) recorded 221 antisemitic incidents<\/a> in Spain last year, up from 193 in 2024, in a report released Wednesday together with the Movement Against Intolerance (MCI), a Spanish human rights group. Spain is home to an estimated 40,000 to 70,000 Jews.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The trend matches an increase in hate incidents documented by the Spanish government. Spain\u2019s Interior Ministry said in June that Jews were targeted in 69 hate crimes and incidents in 2025, jumping from 37 in 2024. Data from the Interior Ministry reflects crimes that are formally reported or detected by police, while the FCJE monitors incidents collected from community members, social media<\/a>, and other sources.<\/p>\n

The new report came from the Observatory of Antisemitism, a joint initiative by the FCJE and the MCI to track antisemitism since Hamas\u2019s attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel\u2019s ensuing assault in Gaza<\/a>. The initiative has followed incidents such as the vandalism of Holocaust memorials with swastikas, the desecration of Jewish graves, and the individual targeting of Jews, including a group of French tourists who were harassed and spat on in July while leaving a synagogue in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince October 7, 2023, Spanish Jews have had to go to our gathering places with special security measures,\u201d FCJE president David Obad\u00eda said in a statement. \u201cOur children are the only ones who go to school with a police presence, and insults and discrimination are part of our reality practically every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SpanishSpanish socialists have now adopted the radical Left\u2019s position that Israel itself is illegitimate (credit: REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Mar\u00eda Royo, a spokesperson for the FCJE, blamed \u201ccampaigns against Israel\u201d for the rise in antisemitic incidents. She told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that some groups, saying Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, also \u201cblame all Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe security forces are doing everything within their power, but the government, politicians, media and opinion leaders could be much more rigorous and careful to prevent this situation,\u201d said Royo.<\/p>\n

Spanish PM S\u00e1nchez\u2019s Gaza criticism fuels Israel tensions<\/p>\n

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez is among Europe\u2019s most vocal critics of Israel, which he says has committed genocide. The Israeli government has repeatedly said the Spanish government is antisemitic, an accusation that Spain strongly rejects.<\/p>\n

Esteban Ibarra, the president of the MCI, said in a statement that antisemitism should be distinguished from debates about Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntisemitism is not an opinion or a political disagreement: it is a form of hatred and discrimination against Jews,\u201d said Ibarra. \u201cWhen it is tolerated, normalized, or minimized, coexistence deteriorates, and democracy is weakened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s Jewish umbrella organization and a watchdog group have reported that antisemitic incidents rose 14.5% in 2025, warning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[668,20341,17,30091],"class_list":["post-80218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-antisemitism","tag-jewish-community-in-spain","tag-spain","tag-the-federation-of-jewish-communities-of-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}