Madrid

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand cancellation of Israeli dance performance at Madrid theater

The theater's director, Ruperto Merino, rejected demands to cancel the performances, saying decisions about the artistic program were based on professional, not political, considerations.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
People hold anti-war placards during a protest to call for a ceasefire in Gaza to mark 100 days since the start of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Madrid, Spain, January 20, 2024; Illustrative.
Far right protesters take part in a demonstration against the camp that has been set up, demanding political action to stop evictions and address the housing crisis, following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home, in Madrid, Spain, October 03, 2026.

Spanish police fire rubber bullets, arrest neo-Nazi extremists in massive housing crisis riots

Far-right activists, some of whom performed Nazi salutes, tried to reach demonstrators camped out in the Puerta del Sol, a central square in the Spanish capital, to protest the housing crisis.

|ByREUTERS
Núcleo Nacional demonstrators raise their arms during a rally in Barcelona, Spain, September 2, 2026.

Spanish far-right activists use Nazi-style salutes in anti-migrant protests

The protest group, Núcleo Nacional, has about 2,000 members, many from neo-Nazi and Francoist groups that lost their capacity to mobilize, according to the Global Network on Extremism and Technology.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
A view of a wildfire spreading over the Burgohondo mountains, in Avila, Spain July 23, 2026.

Spain declares national emergency as wildfires near Madrid, Avila force thousands to evacuate

More than 270 emergency personnel and 40 ground units have been deployed in the affected areas, alongside several Military Emergency Unit (UME) contingents.

|ByREUTERS

US embassy latest target in spate of letter bombs in Spain

DECEMBER 1, 2022ByREUTERS
Suspected explosive device hidden in envelope mailed to the US Embassy in Madrid

Letter bomb injures one at Ukraine's Madrid embassy, Kyiv ramps up security

Following a blast Wednesday afternoon at the Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid, Spain, other embassies for the war-torn nation are taking extra security precautions.

NOVEMBER 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Blast at Ukrainian embassy in Madrid

Nazi sympathizers charged with vandalism in town once named Fort Kill the Jews

Now, Spanish police have arrested three people — two men and a woman — whom they said were responsible for the incidents, as well as others in which Jewish sites were vandalized near Madrid.

OCTOBER 15, 2022ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
A sign in Castilla Mota de Judios was defaced with graffiti restoring the town's name from 1627 to 2015, which translates to Fort Kill the Jews.

Beirut port blast suspect to face extradition hearing in Madrid

Moreira is not allowed to leave Spain. His passport has been taken away and he must appear before authorities on a weekly basis, a judicial source said.

APRIL 21, 2022ByREUTERS
A woman walks on rubble at the site of last year’s Beirut port blast on July 13

Visit Madrid: World-class art, lavish palaces and gardens

Spain is one of the leading tourist destinations in Europe. Its capital, Madrid, lies almost in the center of the Iberian peninsula, the highest capital in Europe. 

DECEMBER 7, 2021By BEN G. FRANK
The renowned Prado Museum in Madrid

Multilateralism is the key to peace - opinion

The Madrid Conference was the multilateral event that launched the Israeli-Arab peace process of the 1990s.

OCTOBER 30, 2021ByNIMROD GOREN
OFFICIALS ATTEND the Madrid+15 Conference in January 2007, one of the events that have taken place over the years to renew peace efforts between Arab states and Israel and commemorate the Madrid Peace Conference.

The conference that wasn’t – ‘Madrid’ in retrospect - opinion

The “Madrid Conference” and the bilateral follow-up yielded a number of important achievements for Israel.

OCTOBER 27, 2021ByZALMAN SHOVAL
THEN-SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the first meeting of the Mideast peace conference in Madrid on October 30, 1991. Alongside Gorbachev is US President George Bush. At far right is prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.

Madrid adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The IHRA definition has been adopted by 29 countries, the European Union, and numerous local governments and institutions around the world.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

Prosecutor investigates anti-LGBT, Nazi march in downtown Madrid

Protesters wore T-shirts and tattoos of fascist and Nazi symbols, and some made the Nazi salute, Reuters witnesses said.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021ByREUTERS
A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

European initiative tries to combat COVID-induced antisemitic conspiracies

More Jewish communities throughout Europe are reporting a surge in antisemitic rhetoric.

APRIL 14, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Young European Jewish students and activists mobilize to take a firm stand against the hate at the EJA boot camp, April 2021.