Jews Urged By Pro-Israel Group to Boycott Spain Over Ambassador Recall

Mar 12, 2026 by The Jewish Voice And Opinion Staff

NEW YORK – A pro-Israel group is urging American Jews to cancel their trips to Spain, in response to the announcement by Spain’s Foreign Ministry that it is ‘permanently’ withdrawing its ambassador to Israel.

Moshe Phillips, National Chairman of Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI), said:

“Spain’s announcement that it is eliminating its ambassadorial position in Israel, at the very moment Israel is fighting for its life against Iran and Hezbollah, is a moral disgrace. American Jews should respond by immediately canceling all planned trips to Spain.

“During the Holocaust, Francoist Spain refused to take up arms against the Nazis, and what is worse, Spain gave Hitler’s SS their infamous Jewish Archive (Archivo Judaico) with records of all Jews who lived in Spain. Israel is trying to ensure that Iran, which for decades has had “Death to Israel” as its slogan and has been the sponsor of Hezbollah and Hamas, cannot continue to be an existential threat. Spain has once again completely lost its moral compass.

Americans For A Safe Israel thanks Senator Lindsey Graham for his condemnation of Spain’s decision. We agree with Senator Lindsey Graham’s statement that “Spain is a member of NATO, and the United States and Israel are in joint operations against the Iranian regime, who openly calls for the destruction of the Jewish State (and) attacks against the West … (t)he religious Nazi regime in Iran is the problem, not the Jewish State.”

Moshe Phillips is the National Chairman of Americans For A Safe Israel (www.AFSI.org), a leading pro-Israel advocacy and education organization.