Testimonials

“The mayor of Barcelona, the Government of Catalonia, and the Spanish government all present a unified, one-sided support for what they call “the Palestinian struggle,” without acknowledging how this messaging fuels antisemitism on the ground. The sense is that hostility towards us is not just tolerated, but normalized and encouraged from above. ”

“I live in Barcelona. A friend of mine who lives in Israel was asked to do a Boot Camp for AI at University of Coruña and received a very absurd email that basically said, even though everything was approved in the budget was there, the only way they would let him come is if he signed a paper that said he is against the genocide in Gaza.”

 “An American student who studies at a university in Barcelona, ​​he is also the one who discovered the "map" through groups of activists at the university a few months ago. He told me that inside the university there was vandalism of public furniture, namely swastikas on tables and extremist messages. He asked them to clean it up, but the university waited until the students went on vacation.”

“Yesterday, a massive propaganda event took place in Barcelona, fully supported and funded by the city hall, was also streamed on the national channel. It has been really hard. Especially because the concert has been organized and funded by the National Government, the Regional Government and the Municipality.”

“My daughter is studying law in the UAB and she tells me that the atmosphere is very antisemite in the university”

“Living here now means constantly balancing love for the city and fear for my place in it. It means wondering how visible I can afford to be, how much of myself I should hide, and whether the city I chose as my home still wants people like me. It’s exhausting, painful, and isolating-and yet we are expected to endure it quietly, as if naming it were the real problem.”

“Seeing the broken tombstones in the Jewish cemetery a few weeks ago shattered something in me. Cemeteries are meant to be places of rest, memory, and dignity. Seeing them desecrated didn’t just break my heart-it made me afraid. Afraid not only of what has already happened, but of what this normalization of hatred might lead to next.”

“When Irene Montero, a government official, publicly wished during Christmas for “the disappearance of the State of Israel,” it crossed a line that should have shocked any democratic society. Instead, it passed with little consequence. For me, it felt like a signal that rhetoric calling for the elimination of my country-and by extension my people-has become acceptable.”

“Posters and graffiti are everywhere-calling for the eradication of my country, demanding that “Zionists get out of our neighborhood,” using language that no longer bothers to hide what it really means. My identity, family, and history are being openly rejected in public space. It makes ordinary things like walking the dog, or stopping for coffee feel heavy and unsafe in a way that’s hard to explain unless you live it. Especially while I’m wearing my Magen David, always tucked under my shirt.”

“When I inquired about renting a flat in the city, I was told, “I don’t rent to Jews.”