For the fourth consecutive year, the Observatory on Antisemitism in Spain collects the facts and complaints registered during the year.
Unlike other European countries, and despite the requirements of international institutions, in Spain it does not exists an official statistical fi le of hate crime incidents recorded by the Government, and therefore, we lack of an objective measurement of antisemitic incidents.
However, both latent and organized antisemitism, are an evidence, as shown by the information gathered by the Observatory on Antisemitism in Spain.
In 2012, by number of complaints, the most frequent antisemitic incidents can be found in websites and social media, followed by antisemitic graffi ti, and to a lesser extent verbal assaults and damage to property. Acts of physical violence against individuals or property are almost non-existent.
In addition, this report includes initiatives to combat report and analyze antisemitism.
Spanish Antisemitism is quite peculiar. It is a rejection of any kind of Jewishness, without the Spanish population probably knowing any Jew at all, given the small size of the Spanish Jewish community.
