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by Yves Mamou
• April 12, 2017 at 5:00 am
- France's financial
support goes beyond the French government's November 2016
decision to support labeling products produced in the
settlements and instead supports the boycott of such products.
France, while its Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
officially claiming the necessity of peace and secure borders for
Israel, is discreetly financing organizations and NGOs openly
hostile to Israel. Pictured: French President François Hollande
(right) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris
on January 11, 2015. (Image source: Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
Officially,
France prohibits any form of boycott against Israel. In 2015, the
Court of Cassation confirmed a 2013 decision regarding the
illegality of boycotts and the call for boycotts in France. Under
the law, in 2013, BDS France was fined €28,000 (USD $30,000) by a
local French court, after a call made in 2010 by 14 activists to
boycott Israeli products in a supermarket. In addition, each of the
14 activists was fined €1,000.
However,
according to a report recently released by NGO Monitor, the French
government continues to fund NGOs openly hostile to Israel and to
fund NGOs that support and promote boycott campaigns against
Israel.
The French
government's financial support for boycott campaigns embraces:
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