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Published on 3 November 2015

France Outlaws BDS Anti-Semitism

The French Supreme Court has outlawed the BDS movement and all related activities.

By Hana Levi Julian, published in the Jewish Express October 29, 2015
 
The highest court in France this week upheld the criminal conviction of 12 political activists for the crime of advocating sanctions and a boycott against Israel.
 
“BDS is illegal in France,” announced Pascal Markowicz, head attorney for CRIF, the umbrella organization for Jewish communities in France. Any actions to promote the movement, he added, “are completely illegal. If [BDS activists] say their freedom of expression has been violated, now the highest legal instance in France has ruled otherwise”... Read more.