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Three elderly Jewish ladies, one of them a Holocaust survivor, were ejected from a Spanish art museum after some non-Jewish Spaniards in the museum at the same time were upset by their presence. It was apparently too much for those Spaniards to bear seeing Jews, and apparently not just Jews, but “genocidal” Israelis, taking pleasure in their visit to the museum. They cursed the three ladies, one of whom wore a Star of David, while another carried a tiny Israeli flag. Museum authorities, instead of rushing in to protect the victims from those harassing them, instead kicked the three Jews, not their tormentors, out of the building. More on this nauseating display of antisemitism in Spain, which for the last few years has led Europe in its embrace — from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on down — of Jew-hatred, can be found here: “Madrid Museum Launches Investigation After Jewish Women Harassed, Kicked Out,” by Ailin Vilches Arguello, Algemeiner, February 18, 2026:
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition in 2026, but watch Spain’s shame, as three elderly tourists, including a Holocaust survivor, are harassed & kicked out of Madrid’s state run Reina Sofia museum over Jewish symbols. Staff said visitors were ‘disturbed’ by their presence and… pic.twitter.com/XdAlSlfKzd
— Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) February 16, 2026
A national art museum in Madrid has launched an investigation after three elderly Jewish women — including a Holocaust survivor — who were verbally harassed over their openly displayed Jewish symbols were subsequently forced to leave, fueling criticism that the institution sided with the perpetrators rather than protecting the victims.
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Museum Reina Sofía told multiple news outlets that the institution would “immediately launch an independent and transparent internal investigation to clarify what happened,” formally confirming the opening of a probe as scrutiny over the incident intensified.
“The museum wishes to unequivocally express its commitment to equality, religious freedom, and zero tolerance for any type of violence or discrimination related to antisemitism,” the statement read. “The museum’s staff is highly qualified in fundamental rights, conflict management, and the prevention of any type of discrimination.”
“Once again, we would like to highlight the importance that Jewish artists, patrons, and benefactors have had for the institution and its collection, especially in the avant-garde, without whose selfless collaboration the museum as we know it today would be inconceivable,” it continued. “For all these reasons, we will not rest until the unfortunate events that have taken place are clarified.”…
It turns out that Spanish Jews have been generous donors both of art works and money to the Museo Reina Sofia, which makes the mistreatment of these ladies still more offensive.
Rather than intervening against the instigators, museum officials expelled the Israeli women, telling them to leave because “some visitors were disturbed that they are Jewish.”
At that point, of course, the museum officials ought to have told those antisemites who were so “disturbed” by the mere sight of the three Jewish women to leave. Instead, they told the three Jewish women to leave. Those museum officials ought now to be investigated, and those found responsible for such a grotesque decision should be reprimanded and perhaps demoted, or even discharged. Furthermore, the Spanish museumgoers who harassed those elderly ladies should, if possible, be found out and banned for life, not just from the Museo Reina Sofia, but also from other Spanish museums, including the Prado.
A security guard also told the group to hide their Jewish symbols, insisting they could not be displayed inside the museum.
I wonder if that security guard had ever told other visitors who arrived wearing crosses that they would have to keep from displaying them while in the museum. I doubt it. I am sure it is only Jews who are to be prohibited from wearing any symbols of their identity.
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.
Those breaking the law were those museum officials who booted out those ladies, who were only exercising their rights under Spanish law to “wear religions symbols and carry national flags in public institutions.” If the state is to charge anyone with breaking the law, it should be those museum officials.
Thanks to the museum officials’ mistreatment of three Jewish visitors by kicking them, and not those harassing them, out of the museum, it is likely that the lawsuit against the museum will prevail; payments to the plaintiffs could be made, and those members of the museum staff held responsible for their mistreatment could be fired. That should include the head of the museum, Manuel Segade, because of the museum’s longstanding practice of “engaging in discrimination” and “promoting narratives of hate” against both Israel and the Jewish-Israeli community. The museum has been until now in the hands of anti-Israel activists, who have put on political displays that have nothing to do with art, such as one entitled “From The River To The Sea,” that made the case for destroying Israel and replacing it with a 23rd Arab state. This latest outrage — the forcible removal of three elderly Jewish ladies from the museum for daring to openly display signs of their Jewish identity that “disturbed” other, non-Jewish visitors, who then harassed them — is the last straw. A world of woe now awaits the Museo Reina Sofia.
