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Being Pedro Sanchez: Is Spain's anti-Israel prime minister on the wrong side of history?

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Pedro Sanchez is continuously accused of corruption. His wife is facing charges of corruption and influence peddling, his appearances are often met with calls to resign.

SPANISH PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sánchez at last month’s summit of European Union leaders in Nicosia, Cyprus.
A drone view shows people gathering at Nasser hospital as they welcome freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025.

Terrorist released in Schalit, Oct. 7 hostage deals to give Hungary, Spain talks

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Movistar Arena as Real Madrid face Maccabi Tel Aviv in a EuroLeague basketball game on January 8, 2026, in Madrid, Spain.

Spain is failing the West and weakening Europe's diplomatic hand - editorial

ISRAEL HANDBALL coach David Pisonero (left) confers with his assistant coach Chen Pomeranz (right) as the blue-and-white prepares for a pivotal two-leg World Cup qualifying clash against Georgia in Tbilisi.

Blueprint under fire: David Pisonero’s bid to rebuild Israeli handball from ground up


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.

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.

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.

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

An Album Of Reality That Beats Heisenberg’s Uncertainty - Daniel Valledor

In the era of selfies and influencers, is documenting everyday life from a neutral standpoint still possible?


At least three dead after blast wrecks building in central Madrid

The cause of the explosion is still unclear.

Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021.

Three die in Spanish storm, troops deployed to help those stranded by snow

A man and woman who were traveling in a car drowned after a river burst its banks and a homeless person froze to death in the eastern city of Calatayud.

View from the rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes cultural center during a heavy snowfall in Madrid

Graffiti at Spanish Jewish cemetery: 'Murdering Jews we will hang you'

The perpetrators also painted a Star of David with the word Raus, German for “out,” on the gate. Another slogan featured a mashup of the Spanish-language word for Holocaust and fairytale.

A MAN WALKS past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, in December 2019.

Spanish FM deflects call to ban Hezbollah

Spanish Foreign Minister María Aránzazu González Laya argued that Spain does not have the authority to list and outlaw terrorist groups, as it must be done through the EU.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, December 9, 2020.

King's palace in Spain uses Israeli tech to purify air from COVID-19

A study conducted at Sheba Medical Center determined that the system has the ability to destroy various viruses, including coronavirus at a rate of 99.9%.

Palace of Zarzuela, Madrid

Easing lockdown, Spain to reopen for tourism in July

Close to a million jobs were lost just in March, when the lockdown began, and the Bank of Spain has forecast the economy will contract by up to 12% this year.

A couple wearing face masks enjoy the sunny weather at Barceloneta beach, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain, May 22, 2020