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Spanish Jews criticise tweet by Catalan leader equating Spanish PM with Hitler

The Federation of Spanish Jewish Communities has criticised a video tweeted by the ousted Catalan president that features images Mariano Rajoy along with archive footage of Hitler and Franco.

Court again suspends Spanish city’s anti-Israel boycott

A district court in Oviedo, Spain has suspended a city council’s discriminatory boycott of Israeli products.

Madrid opens first global roving Auschwitz exhibit

Letters thrown from death trains, tiny children’s shoes, a Nazi gas mask and hundreds of other objects from Auschwitz are going on display in Madrid as a roving exhibition on the Nazi extermination camp opens.

Former Spanish attorney general accuses Israel and Argentinian Jews of killing his successor

A former Spanish government official has accused Israel and Argentinian Jews of being behind the untimely death of Spain’s attorney general while on a working trip to Argentina.

Spanish court suspends town’s anti-Israel boycott

Last week, a district court in Seville, southern Spain, issued a writ of interim injunction against the City Council of La Roda de Andalucia, halting its boycott of Israeli products as well as its decision to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.

Israeli president pledges support for Spanish Jews in fighting antisemitism

Meeting with leaders of the Jewish community of Madrid on Sunday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pledged the Jewish state’s support in the fight against antisemitism, and celebrated 100 years of resurgent Jewish presence in Spain.

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