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2026-01-02 Europe
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Spanish Jews fear that map of local ‘Zionist’ businesses will lead to violence, in Ireland they’re graffitiing the road
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[IsraelTimes] The project lists more than 150 Jewish and Israeli businesses, schools and organizations in Catalonia, with the goal of ‘understanding how Zionism operates
An online map identifying Jewish and Israeli-linked businesses in Catalonia has drawn sharp criticism from Spain’s Jewish community, who say it echoes antisemitic practices from Europe’s darkest chapters.
The project, called "Barcelonaz," appeared this week on the French-hosted mapping platform GoGoCart, claiming to be "a collaborative map of the Zionist economy in Barcelona."
Run by an anonymous group describing itself as "journalists, professors and students," the interactive map lists more than 150 businesses, schools and organizations that it labels as "Zionist." Its objective, it says, is to "understand how Zionism operates" in Catalonia and to call out and denounce what it describes as the impact of related investments in the region.
The map is public, collaborative and regularly updated, it says, encouraging users to donate and to submit additional locations that meet criteria defined by the site’s creators.
How are the anonymous submitters and organizers to prove all the names are true and not merely malicious? Among the entities highlighted are multinational corporations operating in Israel, like Airbus, which was recently singled out by the Spanish government as an exception to its new laws banning defense trade with Israel, as well as IBM, Microsoft, Siemens, Volvo, Deutsche Bank, and BBVA.
Israeli companies and local Jewish businesses are also singled out, including kosher food businesses and the Hatikva Jewish school in Barcelona.
Jewish community representatives in Spain charge that the initiative encourages discrimination against the community, or possibly worse, according to Spanish Jewish news site Enfoque Judio. Several organizations have filed complaints with GoGoCarto, urging the platform to remove the site and arguing it violates French laws against incitement to hatred and discrimination.
"Barcelonaz is not a harmless map: it is an instrument of stigmatization that contributes to this climate of hostility and directly or indirectly incites discrimination against Jews and Israeli citizens, boycotts of their businesses, and even violence," a source involved in the fight against antisemitism told Enfoque Judio.
"We already saw in Australia the process that led to the Sydney attack a few weeks ago," the source added, referring to the Hanukkah terror attack on Jews at Bondi Beach that killed 15 people and maimed dozens.
In a letter to GoGoCarto cited by Enfoque Judio, Jewish community members call on the company to remove the map because it violates anti-hatred laws and "clearly has an anti-Semitic and discriminatory character, since it intends to identify and stigmatize a population based on their religious affiliation, real or supposed."
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onslaught, Spain has emerged as one of Europe’s most aggressive antagonists of Israel, systematically dismantling decades of diplomatic and economic cooperation in favor of a "sanctions-first" doctrine. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Madrid has used some of the most severe rhetoric of any G20 nation, frequently labeling Israel’s military operations as "extermination" and "genocide."
In June 2024, it was the first European country to formally apply to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A month earlier, it formally recognized a Paleostinian state in a coordinated effort with Norway and Ireland in an attempt to increase diplomatic pressure on Jerusalem to end its war with Hamas.
In September, anti-Israel protesters disrupted the country’s famed Vuelta a España cycling race several times, forcing organizers to shut down part of the race.
‘RAT JEW’ graffiti painted on Ireland road; police treating incident as a hate crime
[IsraelTimes] Vandalism also included swastikas, Stars of David, and ‘USA,’ covering some hundred yards of rural road outside the small town of Ardee in Leinster province; Holocaust education NGO sounds alarm on echoes of Nazi rhetoric.
The Louth County Council confirmed on Wednesday that it was working to have the graffiti removed, according to The Irish Independent.
Ireland’s national police force said the incident is being investigated as a hate crime, according to The Irish Times.
“We would like to reassure those of an ethnic or minority background that we are here to keep you safe,” the force said, according to the news site.
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The police added they are in ongoing touch with the Jewish community in Ireland.
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