The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) and the Movement Against Intolerance (MCI) presented the Report on Antisemitism in Spain 2025, confirming a particularly concerning trend: antisemitism continues to increase in Spain.
The report records 221 antisemitic incidents in 2025, compared with 193 recorded in 2024, representing an increase of 14.51%. The months with the highest number of incidents were October, September and July, highlighting the intensity and persistence of a phenomenon that, far from subsiding, has become embedded in different areas of Spanish society.
The trend in recent years is particularly alarming. The Observatory on Antisemitism, a joint initiative of the FCJE and MCI, has documented the sharp increase recorded since 7 October 2023, when Hamas perpetrated its massacre in Israel. The 2025 report confirms that this increase was not an isolated episode, but rather a sustained trend.
David Obadía, President of the FCJE, warned of the consequences this situation has for the daily lives of Spanish Jews: “Since 7 October 2023, Spanish Jews have had to attend our community gatherings with heightened security measures. Our children are the only ones going to school with a police presence, while insults and discrimination have become part of our reality on an almost daily basis.”
Obadía stressed that it cannot be considered normal for a community to have to permanently strengthen its security measures simply to practise its religious, educational and community life. “When a Jewish family has to ask itself whether it is safe to take its children to school or attend a synagogue, we are facing a problem that affects Spanish society as a whole,” he said. In this context, Obadía acknowledged that the position of the far left is contributing to worsening the situation.
For his part, Esteban Ibarra, President of the Movement Against Intolerance, denounced the vulnerability experienced by many victims and called for antisemitism to receive the same attention, determination and institutional response as any other form of discrimination and intolerance.
“Antisemitism is neither an opinion nor a political disagreement: it is a form of hatred and discrimination against Jews. When it is tolerated, normalised or minimised, social cohesion deteriorates and democracy is weakened,” Ibarra said.
The FCJE and MCI consider it particularly concerning that antisemitism can take on new forms and become normalised in social, educational, cultural or digital spaces. Hatred against Jews does not disappear simply because the language used to express it changes.
In light of this situation, both organisations are calling for a stronger, more coordinated and proactive institutional response.
They are also calling for stronger legal and regulatory measures and decisive action by public authorities, educational institutions, universities, digital platforms and civil society as a whole to prevent antisemitism from becoming normalised behaviour.
The FCJE and MCI stress that the freedom and security of Jewish citizens are indicators of the quality of Spain’s democracy. Combating antisemitism is not merely about protecting a minority: it means defending the principle of equality and everyone’s right to live free from hatred and discrimination.
Antisemitism is a threat to social cohesion and democracy. In the face of rising incidents, indifference cannot be the response.
