Barcelona

Hapoel Tel Aviv back on track in Euroleague return; Maccabi falls

Hapoel Tel Aviv downed Barcelona 80-75 as Dan Oturu and Elijah Bryant paced the Reds to their first road win after a three-game losing streak away from home.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
ELIJAH BRYANT (left) and Hapoel Tel Aviv beat host Barcelona in Euroleague action.
The illuminated Nativity Facade of the famous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona at blue hour.

Barcelona doubles tourism tax, charging visitors up to €15 a night

A couple spending two nights in a four-star hotel — nearly half of Barcelona’s hotel stock — could see the bill rise by €45.60.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A GROUP of youth take part in this week's Maccabi Barcelona inauguration.

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
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

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.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Mossos d'Esquadra police officers stand on the stage as they attend a press conference.

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.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByREUTERS
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.

Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery

Spanish politician Daniel Sirera responded to the incident, stating in a post to X/Twitter, “It is not mere vandalism: it is antisemitism.”

JANUARY 29, 2026ByESTHER DAVIS
One of the Jewish graves desecrated at Les Corts cemetary in Barcelona.

Train collides with crane in Spain's fourth rail crash in a week, four injured

Several people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in the Murcia region, authorities reported on Thursday.

JANUARY 22, 2026ByREUTERS
Train line R1 out of service, while all railway infrastructure is checked after three derailments in 48 hours caused accidents that left dozens dead in El Masnou, Spain, January 22, 2026.

Second train derailment in two days in Spain leaves one dead, 20 injured near Barcelona

The accident occurred just two days after a high-speed train collision and derailment near Adamuz in the southern Córdoba province that killed 42 people.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByREUTERS
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Xavi Alonso leaves Real Madrid by mutual agreement after loss to Barcelona in Super Cup final

"Real Madrid will always be his home," the club said in a statement.

JANUARY 12, 2026ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN
Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso during a press conference, January 10, 2026; illustrative.

Hapoel Tel Aviv beats Dubai, Maccabi falls in Barcelona

Blakeney, Micic power first-place Reds against Dubai • Yellow-and-blue drops to 8-12 in Euroleague

JANUARY 7, 2026ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
HAPOEL TEL AVIV guard Antonio Blakeney reacts after scoring two of his game-high 25 points in the Reds’ 80-65 Euroleague rout of visiting Dubai.

‘Pure Antisemitism’: Website blacklisting Jewish businesses in Catalonia taken down after complaint

CAM Director of European Affairs Shannon Seban, “Labeling Jewish institutions and businesses as legitimate targets is not protest. It is persecution — and history shows where that road leads."

JANUARY 5, 2026ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Demonstrators clash with a riot police during a general strike called by Spanish unions in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain, October 15, 2025

'They threw a glass bottle at him': Israeli artists attacked over antisemitic mural in Barcelona

The Shovals began their project of turning antisemitic murals into pro-Israel messages about two months ago in Amsterdam. 

JANUARY 1, 2026ByYOAV ETIEL
Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

US, European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide by 2030, study finds

The not-yet-peer-reviewed study suggested that aid cuts to developing countries threaten to reverse three decades of unprecedented gains in health, education, and poverty reduction.

NOVEMBER 17, 2025ByREUTERS
Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.