The alarming rise of antisemitism in Spain and those primarily responsible

In the 20th century, the Jewish people were victims of one of the greatest genocides recorded in all of history: the Holocaust.

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That genocide involved the extermination of six million Jews. After World War II, great efforts were made in the West to prevent this monstrosity from being repeated, specifically pointing out that the rhetoric of classical antisemitism was what ultimately led to this enormous slaughter. Today, unfortunately, antisemitism is experiencing a resurgence, both in its classical form (hatred of Jews) and in so-called "anti-Zionism," the concept used by communism to disguise its hatred of Jews. A hatred that is now routinely directed against Israel, the only Jewish state in the world and the only true democracy in the Middle East.

The antisemitism that Jews are suffering daily in Spain

Last Wednesday, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) and the Movement Against Intolerance (MCI) released data on antisemitism in Spain in 2025, truly worrying figures that show a 14.5% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to the previous year. These are not isolated cases. We are talking about a small community: there are approximately 70,000 Jews in Spain, according to the FCJE (to give you an idea, there are already 2.5 million Muslims), 221 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in 2025. Regarding the data published on Wednesday, the FCJE points out the following:

David Obadía, president of the FCJE (Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain), has warned of the consequences this situation has on the daily lives of Spanish Jews: “Since October 7, 2023, Spanish Jews have had to attend their places of worship with special security measures. Our children are the only ones who go to school with a police presence, and insults and discrimination are part of our reality almost daily.”

Obadía stressed that it cannot be considered normal for a community to have to permanently reinforce its security measures in order to carry out its religious, educational, and community life. “When a Jewish family has to wonder if it is safe to take their children to school or attend a synagogue, we are facing a problem that affects the whole of Spanish society,” he pointed out. In this context, Obadía acknowledged that the far-left's stance contributes to worsening this situation.

The role of Pedro Sánchez's government in the rise of antisemitism

Some are already trying to downplay the importance of this problem, but lately these antisemitic incidents have included things like an attack involving the smashing of gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Barcelona (on January 24), the publication of blacklists of Jewish shops, businesses, and even schools in Catalonia (a fact that made headlines in the first days of the year and that reappeared in April) and even public calls to destroy the State of Israel, a type of message that is not read in Spain against any other country.

Significantly, Pedro Sánchez has not condemned any of these antisemitic acts. It is not difficult to imagine why, since his is the most antisemitic government in the European Union. As an example, Sánchez has falsely accused Israel of "genocide" (an accusation that the Spanish socialist leader has never made against Putin's Russia for its massacres of civilians in Ukraine), ordered an arms embargo against Israel (while buying weapons from Turkey, a country that has maintained an illegal military occupation of northern Cyprus since 1974), and he even lamented not having "nuclear bombs" to use against the Jewish state, a scandalous statement for which more than 850 anti-Semitism groups accused him of "incitement to genocide."

Antisemitism from the far-left and Islamic extremism

Spanish socialism plays a leading role in promoting antisemitism in Spain, but it would be unfair to single it out as solely responsible for the rise of this scourge. The far left and Islamic extremism also play a significant role in the rise of hatred toward Jews. In fact, in the realm of activism, it is in these two sectors that we can observe the most obsessive antisemitic campaigns.

In Spain, far-left antisemitism is combined with public displays of support for anti-Jewish terrorist organizations. One of these criminal organizations, the PFLP, even called for a march in Madrid, scandalously authorized by the Sánchez government. To make matters worse, a minister in his government, the communist Sira Rego (a member of the Communist Party of Spain and of the governing faction of the far-left coalition Sumar) even attended and participated in that march. Never before in the European Union had anything like this happened: a member of government attending a march organized by a terrorist and anti-Semitic group.

The antisemitism of the far right and pro-Russian propaganda networks

Of course, there is also clear antisemitism on the far right, whose various currents share hatred of Jews as one of their common denominators, occasionally disguising this hatred with references to "Zionism" or "Anglo-Zionism". Today, the ideological distance between far-left and far-right antisemitism has practically disappeared.

Every time these groups attack "Zionism", they are actually referring to Jews in general, and they make less and less effort to conceal it. It must be said that among pro-Russian propaganda networks in Spain, antisemitism reaches pathological levels, openly including Holocaust denial, if not outright justification of that genocide. It is not a mere coincidence that in those same sectors there has been an increase in expressions of sympathy towards the Islamist dictatorship of Iran, which is one of the major promoters of anti-Semitism on an international scale.

An anti-Christian attitude that is a disgrace to Spain

I am not Jewish. I am a Catholic Christian, and I never cease to remember that Pope Saint John Paul II referred to the Jewish people as our "elder brothers". I will never stop repeating, especially when I see people who call themselves Christian and promote this hateful rhetoric, that you cannot be a good Christian and at the same time be antisemitic. The Catholic Church clearly condemns antisemitism, so promoting it is not a Christian attitude, but purely diabolical.

Furthermore, as a Spanish citizen, I feel ashamed to see this happening in my country, and especially given that it is our own government that is promoting antisemitism, both to cover up its corruption scandals and to combat the growing discontent generated by its terrible management and its betrayal of Spain in favor of Morocco.

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