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Barcelona Burns, and Spain’s Left Blames Israel
PJ Media ^ | 26 Oct 2026 | Aaron Hanscom

Posted on 10/26/2026 8:08:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan

A friend of mine is taking his wife on a European cruise that ends in Barcelona this week. He told me how much they love the Spanish city and how they’d normally stay an extra couple of days there before flying back. “Not this year,” he said, before stressing that they’re “gonna get outta there fast” because of safety concerns.

We had this discussion before this weekend’s violent riots in Barcelona, in which hundreds of people (black clothing, masks, and Palestinian flags prominent among them) looted and damaged dozens of stores, injured at least 15 police officers, and set multiple fires. Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio (ACOM), an advocacy organization that works to strengthen the relationship between Spain and Israel, posted a video of rioters chanting "Free, free Palestine!" while setting fires in the streets of one of the world's most visited cities.

ACOM also posted a video of rioters looting stores and causing the same type of mayhem we’re seeing in Paris right now. The organization called it an “intifada,” as you’d be hard-pressed to find even one person among the rioters who would condemn Hamas’ goal of wiping Israel off the map.

For the Spanish left, all of this is evidence that Israel is behind the unrest in Barcelona. Taking his cue from Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who blamed "social-media networks associated with Israel" after tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco breached the border of Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in July, Pablo Bustinduy, the minister of social rights, consumer affairs and Agenda 2030, went further in a post on X. Bustinduy, a member of the Sumar party (which is even further to the left than Sánchez’s PSOE), said ACOM, which he called “Netanyahu’s hybrid arm to destabilize Spain,” was celebrating the events in Barcelona....

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TOPICS: European Union; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barcelona; europeanunion; iran; israel; koranimals; spain; waronterror; whataretheirfrnicks

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1 posted on 10/26/2026 8:08:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Ok. This has noThing to do with this but…it is named Barcelona 😁 and a great song.

Barcelona.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=04zBxmsE7zw&list=RD04zBxmsE7zw&start_radio=1&pp=ygURQmFyY2Vsb25hIGNvbXBhbnmgBwE%3D


2 posted on 10/26/2026 8:13:59 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Rummyfan
Apparently Israel is the new Global Warming white males. It's to blame for everything.
3 posted on 10/26/2026 8:19:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Ray Epps is free, Brian Cole is rotting in jail. Helluva legacy!)
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4 posted on 10/26/2026 8:21:44 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Orwell didn’t choose the name “Goldstein” at random...


5 posted on 10/26/2026 8:43:45 PM PDT by rhinohunter (I don’t know if God is a Republican, but I am metaphysically certain that satan is a democrat)
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To: Rummyfan

barth-alona


6 posted on 10/26/2026 8:51:25 PM PDT by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: TigersEye
Apparently Israel is the new Global Warming white males. It's to blame for everything.

Sure seems like it!

7 posted on 10/26/2026 9:00:42 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
from the FRchives 'Barcelona' keyword, sorted:

8 posted on 10/26/2026 9:02:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Rummyfan

This is SERIOUSLY F’d up. Barcelona is a Gorgeous city - Been There, turned around and dragged the main street three times on a motorcycle and still didn’t get it all.

Those rioters need to be shot dead and thrown in the Med. No Quarter, No Mercy, Period.


9 posted on 10/26/2026 9:19:54 PM PDT by dagunk
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RE: blaming Israel....

Hey, I was not anywhere near the place. I have an alibi.

“The straight‑line air distance between Barcelona, Spain, and Tel Aviv, Israel is about 1,918 miles.”
—Air Miles Calculator.


10 posted on 10/26/2026 9:23:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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I trust La Sagrada Familia is under heavy guard/


11 posted on 10/26/2026 10:20:31 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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To: frank ballenger

“The straight‑line air distance between Barcelona, Spain, and Tel Aviv, Israel is about 1,918 miles.”
—Air Miles Calculator.

*****************************

Is that great circle or rhumb line?
I expect great circle but ya never know.


12 posted on 10/26/2026 10:21:06 PM PDT by dagunk
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To: Inyo-Mono

Having a scapegoat to blame for one’s problems instead of owning up to them yourself is the mark of a pathetic weak individual. So now it’s Israel’s turn (has it ever been different?) to be the scapegoat for these pathetic peoples’ problems.

Never mind Israel is quite remote from them and has better things to do with its time and resources, it’s Israel’s fault. I had a mother that would blame me for all problems in the world. She’d find a way to attach my name to bad weather, impolite salespeople at stores, measles, you name it. It was my fault. So I can sympathize with Israel.


13 posted on 10/27/2026 1:01:47 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Rummyfan

Did Israel force you to take in millions of muslims and Africans?

Is Israel in the room with you right now?


14 posted on 10/27/2026 2:14:06 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Rummyfan

My sister and BIL were in Barcelona a few days ago (10/21) during a cruise, and they loved it. Glad they’re out of there now.


15 posted on 10/27/2026 2:19:05 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: Rummyfan

The Sagrada Família. It is now the tallest church in the World and is in Barcelona. Will the muzzies torch it or turn it into a mosque? Part of the delay in the over a century construction was the Spanish Civil War where the Communist destroyed the models .

16 posted on 10/27/2026 3:24:25 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: TigersEye

There’s a lot of misplaced anger out there.


17 posted on 10/27/2026 3:32:01 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Rummyfan

And once again, miracle of miracles, not a single mosque has been touched!


18 posted on 10/27/2026 4:10:30 AM PDT by mistfree (Fear Destroys Freedom)
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HORRIBLE news. Comments are great though. BUMP!


19 posted on 10/27/2026 5:42:36 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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HORRIBLE news. Comments are great though. BUMP!


20 posted on 10/27/2026 5:43:29 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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