'It's bananas': Conspiracy theorists bizarrely blame Israel for Spain's migrant 'catastrophe'

Theory Briefing

• ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt publicly called the Israel-migration conspiracy theory 'bananas,' signaling how far the claim spread before being challenged.
• The theory pins responsibility for a migrant surge into Ceuta — a Spanish enclave in North Africa — on Israel, with no stated evidence.
• Scapegoating a foreign state for a domestic migration crisis follows a long pattern of redirecting public anxiety toward a familiar target.
• The ADL's rapid public response suggests the conspiracy gained enough traction to warrant official pushback, not just dismissal.