US EditionYnet: Jewish cemetery in Barcelona vandalized: 'Result of anti-Israeli campaign'
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It is typical of cowards to attack, usually with nocturnity, the place of burial of some enemy, religious or ideological. In Spain incidents have been recorded with groups of the ultra-left or anarchists who have vandalized cemeteries, often in contexts of political or anti-clerical/anti-fascist protests. These acts are usually symbolic, directed against historical figures or monuments perceived as "fascists" or conservative. In August 2017, for…
The leaders of the Jewish community of Barcelona and those of Cementiris of the Catalan capital have lodged separate complaints this Monday in the Mossos d'Esquadra for the vandal attacks suffered on the weekend in the Hebrew compound of the Les Corts campanto. The first filed the complaint at the police station of Sant Cugat and the second in Les Corts. In any case, both complaints have been consolidated and the general information station of t…
We express our firm rejection of the painful images of the violation of the sacred sites, in this case the cemetery of the Jewish Community...
"I am outraged by the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Barcelona. It is an atrocious act of anti-Semitism aimed at intimidating Jewish communities and undermining religious freedom," said Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism in the United States Department of State.
Two events on Sunday put Spain at the center of the controversy because of its link with Israel and the Jewish community. The first was the desecration of the Israeli cemetery of Les Corts, in Barcelona, where several tombs and tombstones appeared shattered. In the city there are currently two Jewish cemeteries in use and a missing historical third, Montjuïc. The attack generated shock in the Jewish community and opened an official investigation…
Ynet: Jewish cemetery in Barcelona vandalized: 'Result of anti-Israeli campaign'
Several gravestones were desecrated at the Jewish cemetery in the Les Corts neighborhood of Barcelona. The city’s Jewish community reported that a number of headstones were smashed and vandalized by unknown individuals. Photos taken by the Jewish community at the cemetery show shattered graves, headstones torn from their place and extensive damage to the site. The Jewish community in Barcelona accused the state of inaction in addressing inciteme…
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