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<\/a>Jewish Women Expelled From Madrid Museum After Antisemitic Harassment, Sparking Outrage<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nAilin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Three elderly Jewish women, including a Holocaust survivor, were forced to leave a national museum in Madrid on Saturday after being verbally harassed for openly displaying Jewish symbols<\/a>, with officials now facing mounting backlash for shielding the aggressors rather than the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n First reported by the Spanish news outlet Okdiario<\/i>, the three women were visiting the National Museum Reina Sof\u00eda in central Madrid when other visitors spotted them wearing a Star of David necklace and carrying a small Israeli flag.<\/span><\/p>\n At that point, a group of people started attacking them verbally, shouting antisemitic insults and calling them \u201ccrazy child killers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Rather than intervening against the instigators, museum officials expelled the Israeli women, telling them to leave because \u201csome visitors were disturbed that they are Jewish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A security guard also told the group to hide their Jewish symbols, insisting they could not be displayed inside the museum.<\/span><\/p>\n Even though one of them pointed out that Spanish law allows people to wear religious symbols and carry national flags in public institutions, they were still forcibly removed from the building despite not breaking any rules.<\/span><\/p>\n The incident has sparked public outrage, with museum personnel leaving the victims even more exposed and vulnerable, and no action taken against those who hurled insults and provoked the disruption.<\/span><\/p>\n As a state-affiliated cultural institution under Spain\u2019s Culture Ministry, the Reina Sof\u00eda is internationally recognized as one of the country\u2019s leading contemporary art museums.<\/span><\/p>\n In the past, the museum has also faced criticism for hosting anti-Israel demonstrations and presenting an exhibition titled \u201cFrom the River to the Sea<\/a>,\u201d a popular slogan among pro-Palestinian activists that has been widely interpreted as a genocidal call for the destruction of the Jewish state, which is located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea<\/span><\/p>\n The European Jewish Congress (EJC) strongly condemned the latest incident at the museum, calling it \u201cdeeply troubling and unacceptable,\u201d and urged authorities to take immediate steps to protect Jewish visitors and ensure such harassment does not happen again.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInstead of protecting those subjected to antisemitic abuse, the apparent decision to remove the victims raises serious concerns about discrimination within a public cultural institution,\u201d EJC wrote in a post on X.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJewish identity must never become grounds for exclusion. Such conduct demands full clarification, clear accountability, and decisive action to ensure that antisemitism is confronted without ambiguity,\u201d the statement read.<\/span>
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Illustrative: Anti-Israel demonstrators release smoke in the colors of the Palestinian flag as they protest to condemn the Israeli forces\u2019 interception of some of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel\u2019s naval blockade, in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS\/Nacho Doce<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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