List of pro-Palestinian protests in Spain

This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Spain including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.

List

Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.

Pre-2023

Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
10 January 2009  Seville 4,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [1]
10 January 2009  Madrid 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [1]
10 January 2009  Barcelona 30,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [1]
9 August 2014  Bilbao 500 Demonstration outside the Guggenheim Museum. [2]
13 December 2017  Bilbao ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [3]
28 November 2020  Bilbao 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [4]
15 May 2021  Madrid 2,500 Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters chanted "This is not a war, it's a genocide". [5]
30 March 2021  Bilbao 50 Demonstration in the city center for the 45th anniversary of the commemoration of Palestinian Land Day. [6]
29 April 2021  Bilbao ? Demonstration in the city center in protest of Israel's army detainment of Spanish citizen Juana Ruiz Sánchez in the West Bank. [7]
15 May 2021  Madrid 5,000 Demonstration in the city center. [8]
21 May 2021  Bilbao ? Demonstration and march through the city center against Israel's violence amid the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. [9]
15 November 2021  Bilbao ? Demonstration in front of the Arriaga Theater against the performance of Israeli singer Noa. [10]
6 May 2022  Bilbao 50 Counter-demonstration against around 500 Hapoel Holon B.C. hooligans. Lasted until 11 May. [11]

2023

Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
9 October 2023  Madrid 500 Demonstration in the city center. [12]
13 October 2023  Barcelona ? Demonstration in the city center. [13]
14 October 2023  Bilbao ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [14]
15 October 2023  Madrid 10,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [15]
18 October 2023  Madrid 500 Demonstration in front of the Israeli Embassy. [16]
21 October 2023  Barcelona 70,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [17]
28 October 2023  Bilbao 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [18]
28 October 2023  Madrid 35,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [19]
29 October 2023  Valencia 1,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [20]
4 November 2023  Valencia ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [21]
16 November 2023  Madrid ? Student demonstration in the city center. [22]
29 November 2023  Valencia 3,500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [23]
8 December 2023  Guernica 3,000 Demonstration in the town center. Participants formed a human mosaic representing the Palestinian flag. [24][25]

2024

Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
20 January 2024  Barcelona ? Demonstration in the city center. [26]
20 January 2024  Valencia ? Demonstration in the city center. [26]
20 January 2024  Madrid 50,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [26]
27 January 2024  Madrid 20,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [27]
17 February 2024  Madrid 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. At least six ministers from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s cabinet took part in the protest. [28]
29 April 2024  Valencia 50 Encampment at the University of Valencia. Lasted until 17 May. Ended with protesters disbanding on their own. [29][30][31]
6 May 2024  Barcelona 500 Encampment at the University of Barcelona. Lasted until 24 May. Ended with protesters disbanding on their own, when protesters had all of their demands met by the university. [32][33]
11 May 2024  Bilbao 500 Demonstration in the city center. Six protesters climbed the facade of the NYX Hotel and unfurled a large pro-Palestinian banner. [34]
11 May 2024  Madrid 4,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [35]
13 May 2025  Madrid 200 Encampment at the campus of the Complutense University of Madrid. [36][37][38]
14 May 2024  Valencia ? Sit-in at the University of Valencia as part of the ongoing encampment. Ended with police intervention. [39]
15 May 2024  Bilbao ? Demonstration at the University of the Basque Country. [40]
15 May 2024  Bilbao 500 Demonstration in the city center. [40]
19 May 2024  Valencia ? Demonstration in the city center. [41]
28 May 2024  Barcelona ? Encampment at the Bellaterra campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Lasted until 6 June. Ended with protesters disbanding on their own. [42]
13 June 2024  Barcelona ? Encampment at Plaza Universitat. Lasted until the early hours of 14 June. Ended with police intervention. More than 15 protesters were fined. [43][44]
6 August 2024  Bilbao ? Die-in in near the Guggenheim Museum. [45]
27 September 2024  Barcelona 4,500 Strikes, picketing, and marches through the city center. [46]
27 September 2024  Madrid 6,000 Strikes, picketing, and marches through the city center. [46]
5 October 2024  Bilbao 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [47][48]

2025

Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
14 January 2025  Madrid ? Demonstration against the arrival of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team. [49]
22 February 2025  Madrid 1,000 Noise demonstration in front of the US Embassy. [50]
30 April 2025  Bilbao ? Demonstration in front of the Bilbao Metro headquarters against the hiring of an Israeli security company. [51]
10 May 2025  Madrid 50,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [52]
13 May 2025  Madrid 50 Encampment at the campus of the Complutense University of Madrid. [53]
21 May 2025  Barcelona 100 Encampment at the Bellaterra campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. [54][55]
4 June 2025  Barcelona ? Occupation of the rectorate of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Lasted about 7 hours, when protesters had all of their demands met by the university. [56][57]
14 June 2025  Valencia ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [58]
14 June 2025  Barcelona 25,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [59]
26 June 2025  Bilbao 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [60]
12 August 2025  Valencia ? Demonstration and march through the city center against the killing of journalists. [61][62]
27 August 2025  Barcelona 1,000 Demonstration in the city center. [63]
9 September 2025  Madrid ? Demonstration in the city center. [64]
11 September 2025  Valencia ? Sit-in at the La Nau building of the University of Valencia. Lasted until 15 September, when protesters reached a "satisfactory agreement" with the university. [65][66]
13 September 2025  Valencia 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [67]
14 September 2025  Madrid 100,000 Disruption of the final stage of the Vuelta a España as protesters overturned metal barriers and occupied the road. Police could not contain the demonstrators. Two protesters were arrested. [68][69]
18 September 2025  Madrid 1,500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [70][71]
19 September 2025  San Sebastián 2,000 Demonstration outside the San Sebastián International Film Festival. [72]
20 September 2025  Madrid ? Demonstration outside Reina Sofia Museum by health care workers. [73]
21 September 2025  Madrid ? Demonstration outside the Health Ministry by health care workers. [73]
23 September 2025  Valencia 300 Demonstration at the Port of Valencia against the docking of a Maersk ship carrying components for the F-35 jets used in the Gaza bombings. [74]
2 October 2023  Barcelona 500 Demonstration outside the Israeli Consulate in response to Israel's interception and kidnapping of activists on board of the Global Sumud Flotilla. [75]
3 October 2025  Barcelona 70,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [76]
4 October 2025  Valencia 10,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [77]
4 October 2025  Madrid 92,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [76]
7 October 2025  Barcelona 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. Met with police intervention. Six protesters were arrested. Several activists were injured including three police officers. [78]
12 October 2025  Madrid 20 Demonstration at Museo Reina Sofia. Protesters held signs with the message "stop genocide" in front of the Guernica painting. [79]
15 October 2025  Barcelona 7,300 Blocking of traffic in the city center, around Plaça de la Universitat as part of the general strike in solidarity with Palestine. Protesters clashed with the police, with several demonstrators damaged McDonald’s and Burger King restaurants in the city. 15 protesters were arrested. [80][81]

See also

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