After two previous instances with rulings in favor of freedom of expression and against the criminalization of those who denounce Zionism, Chamber III of the Buenos Aires Court of Cassation, in Argentina, sentenced the leader of the Socialist Workers Movement (MST), Alejandro Bodart, to six months in prison.
Before the judicial fair, the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA) won a victory and celebrated a new episode of judicial intimidation and censorship.
The ruling was divided. Judges Ignacio Mahiques and Jorge Atilio Franza decided to convict Bodart. On the other hand, Judge Patricia Ana Larroca upheld the acquittal and .
According to reports, the judges followed the classic script of the State of “Israel”, equating anti-Zionist positions to the “new anti-Semitism” and using the definition developed by one of the most important organizations of the Zionist lobby, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
In Argentina, the one in charge of carrying out the unworthy task was the DAIA, which pressures and establishes links with different instances of the Judiciary to carry out “trainings” on the subject.
The DAIA is in charge of the training of “impartial” judges and officials, who will have to decide on the litigations of this same organization in these matters.
According to the online newspaper Prensa Obrera, in a period of intensification of “Israel's” genocide against the Palestinian people, there are no international organizations left where the war crimes of the occupying regime have not been denounced, including the International Criminal Court.
There is a very strong interest in silencing the voices against the Israeli genocide in Palestine, he added.