Overview

• Children from CEIP Pi i Margall and neighborhood kids painted a large Palestinian flag in chalk on Tuesday as part of the 'Martes con Palestina' initiative.
• City hall’s urgent cleaning service, Selur, scrubbed the flag after neighbor complaints because it was on public pavement, the vice mayor said, without citing a specific ordinance.
• PSOE leaders in Madrid condemned the cleanup as erasing a peaceful display and said they will seek district-level support for the weekly initiative.
• Transport Minister Óscar Puente mocked the city’s cleanliness on X, prompting Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida to retort that the capital would start with “the dirtiest spot,” the Moncloa palace.
• The dispute unfolds after the regional government banned pro‑Palestine displays in public schools last week and as PSOE filed a complaint over a school director’s 2023 photo wearing a politically charged T‑shirt.