MÁLAGA (Spain), April 11, 2026 (EFE).– The Burgmunicipality of the province of Málaga, replied that is not antisemitic a Israelafter he summoned the Spanish chargé d’affaires in the Hebrew State to receive a reprimand because This town burned a “Netanyahu doll” on his festival of Burn of Judas.
The doll represented the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Why they burned a “Netanyahu doll”
The mayor of The Burg, María Dolores Narváezinformed EFE that the Burn of Judas “It is a tradition that has been carried out since the beginning of the last century, dolls that represent evil were burned, and Easter Sunday burns a Judas “which symbolizes everything bad that has happened during the year and then resurrects the good from there.”
“The City Council never names it, nor do the volunteers who do it. We are neither anti-Semitic, nor are we against the people of Israelfar from it; “We are a welcoming town that always treats everyone equally,” he said.
The event of the Burn of Judas “It is framed within the festivities of the Easter Sunday. “We neither have any type of hatred, nor is violence promoted,” he said.
“Al doll No name is given, each one interprets what it is; Something bad is always burned, everything bad that has happened during the year so that the good resurfaces, to see if it brings us peace,” he emphasized.
“You put the ‘No to war’, “which is the most serious thing that is happening right now in the world,” highlighted the alcaldesaof the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE).
She also said that she is personally “against guerra and the genocide”.
🚨🇪🇸🇮🇱 | A doll of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was burned with pyrotechnics in El Burgo, Malaga, as part of the traditional “Burning of Judas.”
The event provoked a reaction from Israel, which summoned the head of the Spanish embassy in Tel Aviv to… pic.twitter.com/MRUWfMlbsO
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Israel’s complaint about the burning of a “Netanyahu doll”
Israel summoned the Spanish chargé d’affaires, the representation of Spain in the country since the ambassador’s withdrawal, to receive a reprimand after the April 5he Easter Sunday, a doll was burned 7 meters high that contained about 14 kilos of gunpowder.
“The atrocious anti-Semitic hatred that is manifested here is a direct consequence of the systematic incitement of the government of Pedro Sanchez (president of Spain)”, assured the Israeli Foreign Ministry in a statement on the social network X, in which he shares the video of the burning of the “Netanyahu doll”.
The Spanish chargé d’affaires has been called to testify, concluded the Israeli ministry, which also criticized that the Spanish Executive “keep silent” about the video.
In 2025, The Burg burned a doll which alluded to US President Donald Trump.
Yesterday Friday, his own Netanyahu accused Spain to free “a diplomatic war” contra Israel.
So, Netanyahu referred to Spain’s repeated criticism of the brutal Israeli offensive in Gaza which has already caused more than 72,000 deaths, and his opposition to war that the US and Israel They started on February 28 against Iran already Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
Also yesterday Israel announced that expelled the Spanish representative in the coordination center for the reconstruction and stabilization of Gazalocated in Kiriath Gath.
For his part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain This Saturday he rejected accusations of anti-Semitism from Israel.
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