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Spanish court acquits 8 Israel boycott supporters who wanted Matisyahu disinvited from festival

A court in Spain has acquitted eight anti-Israel activists of hate crime charges for their role in demanding that the Jewish-American singer Matisyahu declare his support for Palestinian statehood as a condition for his performance at a music festival.

The Valencia Appeals Court on Jan. 11 acquitted the members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel of the charges brought in 2017 by a pro-Israel organization over their role in the 2015 action against the singer, whose real name is Matthew Paul Miller, El Salto reported Monday.

The court accepted the defendants’ claim that their action on Matisyahu was protected by freedom of expression and that their intention was not to discriminate against Matisyahu because he is Jewish but to protest Israel’s policies.

Matisyahu had been invited to perform at the Rototom music festival in 2015. But a campaign prompted the organizers to demand that Matisyahu, who is not an Israeli citizen but has performed in Israel and at an AIPAC junket, make the declaration on Palestinian statehood if he wishes to perform. The activists were part of the campaign and Matisyahu was the only performer asked to make statements about the subject.

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Pure anti-Semitism that some on the left actually defend as legitimate.

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1. Why was he the only performer asked to make that declaration, and others were not?

The fact that he isn't even an Israeli citizen, the only conclusion one can make has to be because he is Jewish, and that speaks to what their real motives are

"The activists were part of the campaign and Matisyahu was the only performer asked to make statements about the subject."