Catalonia

Spain court probes alleged Hamas crypto financing tied to hair salon near Barcelona

The suspect, described by investigators as a Chinese national who ran a hair salon in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, was detained on Tuesday, and later released pending proceedings.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Crypto Market.
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

‘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."

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Protesters hold banners and wave Palestinian flags during a rally in support of the people from Gaza, in the Palestinian territories, in Barcelona on January 20, 2024.

Jewish community files complaint over Catalonia map identifying Jewish, Israeli-linked businesses

The project, called Barcelonaz, was launched by an unidentified group that describes itself as composed of “journalists, professors, and students.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
New Catalan leader Salvador Illa walks at Sant Jaume square after his swearing-in ceremony as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, August 10, 2024.

Barcelona severs relations with Israel until 'basic rights in Gaza respected'

The proposal for breaking relations with the Jewish state was made by the Catalunya en Comú (People's Party) and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Catalonia terrorist attacks

The Catalan cell was most probably a local one, based on family (four pairs of brothers), personal and neighborhood relations.

AUGUST 23, 2017ByELY KARMON
Police patrol the area after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017