Overview
- An annual report by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain and the Movement Against Intolerance, released in early September 2026, recorded 221 antisemitic incidents in 2025, up from 193 in 2024, a 14.5 percent rise.
- The report says the surge is not a short-term reaction but part of a sustained wave of hostility that began after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and peaked in July, September and October 2025.
- Jewish community leaders report concrete daily impacts, including visible police protection at schools, extra security at synagogues and communal centers, and regular harassment that alters everyday life.
- The FCJE and MCI urged the Spanish government to adopt coordinated measures focused on schools, universities and digital platforms and to increase investigations and prosecutions of hate incidents.
- Advocates warn the official figures undercount the problem, estimate Spain’s core Jewish population at about 13,000–15,000 with a larger group of up to 50,000 people of Jewish heritage, and say political rhetoric by some leaders has intensified the debate over responsibility for the climate.