Barcelona

Maccabi Barcelona inaugurated with over 300 attendees, celebrates Jewish identity, sports

The inauguration of Maccabi Barcelona is particularly significant as it reflects the solidarity of a growing Jewish community in the face of increasing global antisemitism.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
A GROUP of youth take part in this week's Maccabi Barcelona inauguration.
DAVID OBADIA, president of the Jewish Communities of Spain, presents the EMET-Truth Foundation.

New EMET-Truth Foundation launched to combat antisemitism in Catalonia

Valls, Trias, PSC senator Gabriel Colomé, historian Adriá Fortet, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE), and the Jewish Community of Barcelona presented the foundation on Monday.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Mossos d'Esquadra police officers stand on the stage as they attend a press conference.

Barcelona police arrest Chinese businessman for financing Hamas through his beauty shop

The man is accused of sending Hamas 600,000 Euros (some $710,000) in crypto-assets to finance their terror operations, the police said in a statement.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain January 29, 2026.

Giant portrait of Hind Rajab, girl killed in Gaza war, unfurled on Barcelona beach

Protesters in Barcelona unveil a giant portrait of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed in the Israel-Hamas War, as her mother calls for global attention to Gaza's children.

|ByREUTERS

Barcelona's Israel decision is based on lies and antisemitism - opinion

By singling out the one and only Jewish state for opprobrium, she has easily failed multiple tests of prejudice and racism.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByROBERT SINGER
THE RECENT unilateral act by Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau to suspend her city’s twinning agreement with Tel Aviv flies in the face of the need to bring people together, says the writer.

Who is responsible for the hatred against Jews in Barcelona? - Opinion

Why did the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, suspend the relations with Israel and cancel the twin city agreement with the most liberal city in the Middle East - Tel Aviv?

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByANGEL MAS
Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest in Barcelona, against Israel's military action in Gaza

Barcelona's famous soccer team sends Israel a message of support

FC Barcelona's president Joan Laporta invited representatives of the Israeli embassy in Spain to their soccer match against Manchester United.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli diplomats presented FC Barcelona's president Laporta with an Israeli flag on February 16, 2023, recognizing FC Barcelona's years of support for and friendship with Israel. 

‘Barcelona made big mistake canceling ties with Israel’ - Ayuso

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, head of the Community of Madrid, decided to visit Israel in response to Barcelona ending its ties with Tel Aviv.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Senior Spanish politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso is seen meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.

Madrid offers to partner with Tel Aviv after Barcelona severs ‘twin city’ ties

Twin or sister cities typically collaborate on tourism enterprises. Barcelona launched two initiatives last year to draw Jewish and Israeli tourists.

FEBRUARY 11, 2023ByORGE CASTELLANO/JTA
Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021.

Barcelona mayor severs ties with twin city of Tel Aviv, citing Israeli ‘apartheid’

Barcelona and Tel Aviv entered the relationship in 1998 - when both cities jointly signed a "twin city" agreement with Gaza City.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA, ZVIKA KLEIN
ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

Barcelona City Council are breaching IHRA - Opinion

Barcelona City Council are voting to sever ties with Tel Aviv, claiming Israel is an Apartheid

JANUARY 26, 2023ByJUAN CARLOS GIRAUTA
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold candles during a protest in front of Catalan Government in Sant Jaume quarter in central Barcelona January 16, 2009 against Israel's attacks on Gaza. The sign reads: "Boycott Israel, boycott apartheid".

Who was Gerard Pique spotted kissing in Paris? Pictures inside

Following the rush of anger targeting Gerard Pique for allegedly cheating on Shakira with Bar Rafaeli, he was now spotted kissing his new girlfriend in Paris.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gerard Pique spotted with his new girlfriend after rumors broke that he cheated on her with Shakira in Paris.

Ashdod Port Company signs agreement with Port of Barcelona to promote Israeli innovation in Europe

According to Orna Hozman Bechor: “Our technology incubator has a great deal to offer in order to make the world of shipping and ports more efficient."

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A NAVAL vessel (not seen) escorts the ‘Mavi Marmara’ to Ashdod Port, post-raid by Israeli marines, May 31, 2010.

Queen of Latin-Pop, Shakira, has been accused of tax fraud

Columbian Latin-Pop singer, Shakira, has been accused by Spanish prosecutors of tax fraud and is facing 8 years in prison if convicted.

JULY 30, 2022ByREUTERS
Singer Shakira