The call to boycott Israel is now illegal in France

The call to boycott Israel is now illegal in France

There is no longer any doubt ?: simple call to boycott Israeli products is totally illegal in France. And severely punished. Two judgments of the Court of Cassation of 20? October unnoticed outside of militant networks and specialized lawyers, make France one of the few countries in the world, and the only democracy where the boycott call by associations or citizen to criticize the policy of a third State is prohibited.
Specifically, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction by the Court of Appeal of Colmar fourteen activists of the movement Boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) to 28? 000 euros in damages to the civil parties and each fined 1 ? 000 suspended. They are accused of having, September 26? 2009 for some and May 22? 2010 for the others, participated in a demonstration in a Carrefour store Illzach, near Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), "? Calling boycott products from Israel? ". They wore T-shirts with the slogan "? Live Palestine, boycott Israel?" And distributed leaflets to customers on which was written ?: "? Buy products imported from Israel, it is legitimized crimes in Gaza, c is to approve the policy of the Israeli government.? "
No degradation, no obstacle to the functioning of the store (which did not press charges), no anti-Semitic remarks are been identified. The BDS movement is deploying its strategy in many countries (UK, USA, Belgium, Germany, etc.) through calls for commercial boycotts, academic or cultural to pressure Israel.
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