Overview
- During Encamp’s Feb. 16 Carnestoltes festival, an effigy in Israeli colors with a Star of David was put on trial, hanged, shot, and burned, according to social media posts and local reporting.
- Reports say the mayor of Encamp and local council members participated in the ceremony.
- Festival organizers issued a press release calling the display political satire aimed at Israel’s leadership and far-right movements, stating it was not intended to target a religion.
- Andorran parliamentary president Carles Enseñat Reig labeled the episode unacceptable and warned it damages the principality’s reputation.
- The European Jewish Congress condemned the act as risking the normalization of antisemitism, while local Jewish residents voiced alarm; France’s CRIF denounced the event and suggested sanctions or a boycott of Andorra.