Overview
- On Feb. 14, three elderly Israeli/Jewish women, reportedly including a Holocaust survivor, were escorted out after other visitors shouted insults over their visible Jewish symbols.
- Security told the women to hide the symbols and said some visitors were “bothered,” removing them rather than the harassers, according to video and witness accounts.
- The national museum said it has ordered an internal security investigation and affirmed a policy of equality, religious freedom, and zero tolerance for antisemitism.
- Video published by Spain’s Okdiario spread widely but does not show what preceded the removal, and some outlets said they could not independently verify all details.
- The Israeli embassy and Jewish groups condemned the episode, and Spain’s ACOM said it will sue the museum and director Manuel Segade, as critics cite rising antisemitism and prior programming controversies at the institution.