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by Soeren Kern • June 23, 2018 at
5:00 am
- The proliferating
anti-Israel activism, driven by the rise to power of the
political far-left, is establishing Spain as the EU member
state most hostile towards the Jewish state.
- A Madrid-based
organization, Action and Communication on the Middle East
(ACOM), which is fighting the anti-Israel BDS movement in
Spain, said that Valencia's motion was anti-Semitic and an
incitement to hatred.
- "The BDS
movement in Spain acquired its current virulence with the
emergence of Podemos, a 'Chavist' far-left party financed by
Venezuela and Iran.... As Podemos gained control of the
municipal governments in the main Spanish cities, the
anti-Israel movement had access to multiple economic, human
and organizational resources.... Podemos has driven over 90
such declarations in Spain in jurisdictions covering a
population of over eight million people" — Ángel Más,
president, ACOM.
The city
of Valencia, Spain has approved a motion to boycott Israel and
slander it by declaring the city an "Israeli apartheid-free
zone." (Image source: Ben Bender/Wikimedia Commons)
Valencia, the third-largest city in Spain, has
approved a motion to boycott Israel and slander it by declaring the
city an "Israeli apartheid-free zone." The move comes
days after Navarra, one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities,
announced a similar measure. In all, more than 50 Spanish cities
and regions have passed motions condemning Israel. The
proliferating anti-Israel activism, driven by the rise to power of
the political far-left, is establishing Spain as the EU member
state most hostile towards the Jewish state.
The Valencian measure, introduced by the far-left
party València en Comú, was approved during a plenary session of
the city council on May 31. The motion, which commits the city to
refrain from engaging in business contacts or cultural events with
Israeli authorities or companies, aims at establishing Valencia as
"a global reference for solidarity with the
Palestinians."
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