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Israel-Spain Relations

Real Madrid's Director of Institutional Relations Emilio Butragueño (right) and Yaron Lior (second from right), senior project manager in Israel's Ministry of Regional Cooperation, launch the soccer clinic in Jerusalem. Source: realmadrid.com.

Real Madrid opens Jerusalem soccer clinic

Some 450 children from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Morocco and Jordan to attend.

July 25, 2023

Ada Colau, mayor of Barcelona, in 2019. In Feb. 2023, Colau suspended all of the Spanish city’s ties with Israel. Credit: Jossfoto/Shutterstock.

Israel-boycotting Barcelona mayor loses seat

Ada Colau lost to former Barcelona mayor Xavier Trias, a conservative.

May 29, 2023

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets in Madrid with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares, April 27, 2023. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Eli Cohen in Madrid to press united front against Iran

The Israeli foreign minister is visiting ahead of Spain's rotating presidency of the E.U.

April 27, 2023

Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau. Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Barcelona’s mayor sued over Israel boycott

The Lawfare Project lawsuit asserts that Ada Colau “acted beyond the scope of her authority by infringing on the Spanish government’s power to conduct foreign policy and violated applicable legal procedures.”

April 18, 2023

President of the Community of Madrid Isabel Diaz Ayuso, Dec. 12, 2022. Credit: Populares de Madrid via Wikimedia Commons.

‘We cannot put a question mark on Israel’

Community of Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso talks about how Israel is perceived in her country, and says the effort by some in the Barcelona municipality to boycott Israel does not represent Catalonia or Spain.

Ariel Kahana

February 16, 2023