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In landmark ruling, top Spanish court says BDS movement ‘infringes on basic rights’
2022-10-08
[IsraelTimes] Pro-Israel group ACOM hails decision by Supreme Court
...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
 of Spain, says it will serve as a legal precedent applicable to all further cases involving boycotts of Jewish state.

Over the past several years, dozens of Spanish courts have rejected Israeli boycotts
I think the reporter means boycotts of Israel, a very different thing...
by nonprofits, municipalities and other groups. Now, the country’s top court has ruled that the movement to boycott Israel represents "discrimination" that "infringes on basic rights."
I’m impressed, truly.
Separately, the Spanish parliament on Wednesday passed legislation that bars public funding for organizations that "promote antisemitism." The law uses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which cites as examples of antisemitism some forms of Israel criticism.
Doubly impressed.
The ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain, which was issued on September 20 and published on Tuesday, was about an appeal that a pro-Paleostinian nonprofit, Associacion Interpueblos, filed contesting a lower court’s 2020 ruling that called a specific action to boycott Israel discriminatory.

ACOM, a Spanish pro-Israel nonprofit that has sued multiple entities for discriminating against Israel, claimed the ruling as a significant win. Spain was once a hotbed of efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, known as BDS. A slew of lower-court rulings in Spain had curtailed that trend, but they had pertained only to individual cases and thus had a limited impact, the group said, but the September 20 ruling will function as a legal precedent applicable to all cases going forward.

Prior to the appeal, pro-Paleostinian groups in Spain had not escalated appeals to the top court for fear of losing and creating precedent. "Also, it was a risk for us, but our legal team worked hard and turned that risk into a historical opportunity," an ACOM spokesperson wrote in an email to JTA.

This judicial policy is similar to the one practiced in La Belle France, where attempts to boycott Israel resulted in the 2003 adoption of a law that declares any attempt to single out countries discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#5  The truth works, Spike the Hairy6811. Over in the Far East, ambitious Chinese, Japanese, and South Koreans study the Talmud so they can learn the habits of thought that bring success to the Jews. But you keep going down the Jew-hate track — Darwin is happiest when his targets self-identify.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-10-08 23:49  

#4  which cites as examples of antisemitism some forms of Israel criticism.

Yeah, that's pretty much what they call any kind of criticism. It works, too. Just how successful they were was shown in 2008 by the results of a poll conducted by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL). It found that only 22% of Americans believed that Jews controlled Hollywood and big media. Whatever you do, don't look into the founders of Google and Facebook's ethnicity. Don't look on Wikipedia under "Early Life".
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-10-08 12:46  

#3  True THE CID worked for a united Spain...
But, he flushed the islamic radical leadership.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-10-08 09:35  

#2  Well, the Cid actually worked for both sides. What they need is Isabella and Ferdinand in dealing with the invaders.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-08 07:02  

#1  
Wonder if Spain is the start of Europe finally reaching its boiling point regarding the massive ILLEGAL influx from Africa and the Mid-East. All bringing their culture, social and racial issues with them ....that they claim to want to escape?

Will we live to see the 2nd coming of El Cid?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-10-08 06:53  

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