Spain

Spanish judge shelves investigation of Pegasus use for attacks on PM Sanchez, ministers

The judge in charge of the investigation assured that the Israeli authorities don't provide sufficient information to determine whether the cyberattacks were carried out using the Pegasus software.

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.
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.

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

Spanish socialists have now adopted  the radical Left’s position that Israel itself is illegitimate

Spain: The first case of state antisemitism in the EU

THE FAINT image of a hand stencil, a negative outline of a human hand created by placing a hand against a rock wall surface and spraying pigment paint around it, that has been dated to 67,800 years ago, in a limestone cave called Liang Metanduno on Muna.

Human hand outline may be oldest rock art in the world, researchers say


Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A delegation from Chile, including the current president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao, Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, recently visited Israel for the first time.

A DELEGATION from Chile stands with Israeli hosts at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao (the representative with a headband behind the Israeli flag) is the president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao.

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.

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.

'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. 

Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

Spanish bank chairman apologizes after Israeli clients report account restrictions

Banco Sabadell’s chairman apologized after Israeli clients in Spain reported account restrictions and delayed transfers, saying revised procedures followed an internal compliance misunderstanding.

The Banco Sabadell logo can be seen behind leaves on top of a building outside Madrid, Spain, April 13, 2016.

Spain grants Airbus exemption to produce aircraft with Israeli technology amid sanctions

The exemption reflects the pressure from companies and domestic interests that some of Europe's toughest critics of Israel's recent war have faced as they attempt to impose trade sanctions.

(Illustrative) Airbus A320

Foreign criticism of West Bank settlements 'discriminatory against Jews,' Sa'ar says

"Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the land of Israel, and any such call is morally wrong and discriminatory against Jews," Sa'ar said.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

UK, Canada, Germany, others condemn Israel's West Bank settlement plan

Britain, Canada, Germany, and other nations condemn Israel's approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling it a violation of international law and a threat to stability.

Israeli flags flutter at the entrance to Evyatar, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, November 30, 2025.

Belgium joins South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel over Gaza war

South Africa initially brought the accusation against Israel before the court over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention in relation to the war in Gaza in December 2023. 

 Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

RTX unit Raytheon lands $1.7 billion deal to supply Patriot systems to Spain

Patriot, short for Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target, is a mobile surface-to-air missile system. It detects, tracks, and destroys incoming aircraft and missiles.

Ukrainian service members walk next to a launcher of a Patriot air defence system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024.

Spain investigates possible lab leak behind African swine fever outbreak

The court-ordered move follows concerns raised this month that the outbreak detected in wild boars could have been caused by a laboratory leak.

Police and others stand at the entrance during the registration of the IRTA CReSA laboratory amid an investigation of African swine fever in Bellaterra, north of Barcelona, Spain, December 18, 2025.