Run by an anonymous group describing itself as \u201cjournalists, professors and students,\u201d the interactive map lists more than 150 businesses, schools and organizations that it labels as \u201cZionist.\u201d Its objective, it says, is to \u201cunderstand how Zionism operates\u201d in Catalonia and to call out and denounce what it describes as the impact of related investments in the region.<\/p>\n
The map is public, collaborative and regularly updated, it says, encouraging users to donate and to submit additional locations that meet criteria defined by the site\u2019s creators.<\/p>\n
Among the entities highlighted are multinational corporations operating in Israel, like Airbus, which was recently singled out by the Spanish government as an exception<\/a> to its new laws banning defense trade with Israel, as well as IBM, Microsoft, Siemens, Volvo, Deutsche Bank, and BBVA.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tGet The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition \t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n Israeli companies and local Jewish businesses are also singled out, including kosher food businesses and the Hatikva Jewish school in Barcelona.<\/p>\n Jewish community representatives in Spain charge that the initiative encourages discrimination against the community, or possibly worse, according to Spanish Jewish news site Enfoque Judio<\/a>. Several organizations have filed complaints with GoGoCarto, urging the platform to remove the site and arguing it violates French laws against incitement to hatred and discrimination.<\/p>\n \t \u201cBarcelonaz is not a harmless map: it is an instrument of stigmatization that contributes to this climate of hostility and directly or indirectly incites discrimination against Jews and Israeli citizens, boycotts of their businesses, and even violence,\u201d a source involved in the fight against antisemitism told Enfoque Judio.<\/p>\n \u201cWe already saw in Australia the process that led to the Sydney attack a few weeks ago,\u201d the source added, referring to the Hanukkah terror attack<\/a> on Jews at Bondi Beach that killed 15 people and wounded dozens.<\/p>\n In a letter to GoGoCarto cited by Enfoque Judio, Jewish community members call on the company to remove the map because it violates anti-hatred laws and \u201cclearly has an anti-Semitic and discriminatory character, since it intends to identify and stigmatize a population based on their religious affiliation, real or supposed.\u201d<\/p>\n \t Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught, Spain has emerged as one of Europe\u2019s most aggressive antagonists of Israel, systematically dismantling decades of diplomatic and economic cooperation in favor of a \u201csanctions-first\u201d doctrine. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, Madrid has used some of the most severe rhetoric of any G20 nation, frequently labeling Israel\u2019s military operations as \u201cextermination\u201d and \u201cgenocide.\u201d<\/p>\n In June 2024, it was the first European country to formally apply to join<\/a> South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A month earlier, it formally recognized<\/a> a Palestinian state in a coordinated effort with Norway and Ireland in an attempt to increase diplomatic pressure on Jerusalem to end its war with Hamas.<\/p>\n In September, anti-Israel protesters disrupted<\/a> the country\u2019s famed Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a cycling race several times, forcing organizers to shut down part of the race.<\/p>\n
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