European Commission Decision to Make Public Wiesenthal Centre Appeal to Investigate France, Spain and Ireland for Alleged Funding of Palestinian Terror Bears Fruit

Paris – The Simon Wiesenthal Centre was officiallynotified last week that a letter dated 19 November 2020 from the Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels to the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, wasto become Public Record. A first on the subject of antisemitic terrorism.

That letter was borne out by ACOM (Action and Communication on the Middle East), a Spanish NGO that has successfully fought againstBDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) targetting Israel.

ACOM has denounced – among other extreme-left political groups preparing for the coming winter elections – the BNG (GalicianNationalist Bloc).

On 25 July, that lobby had organised a gathering in honour of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), anorganisation listed by the European Commission, the United States, Canada and other countries, as a terrorist network responsible for mass murder since the 1980's.

The meeting, held in Santiago de Compostela was attended by separatist movements across Spain, from Basques and Catalans to Galiciaand diplomat 'comrades' from Venezuela. The common denominator was hate for Israel and violent solutions for Palestinians.

ACOM has announced it will be taking legal measures :

" - that a political organisation provided shelter and justification for a public act identifying with an organisation declaredterrorist by Europe

- that such facts could be constituted a criminal offence, specifically in glorifying terrorism and the crime of incitement tohatred, or any other results from an investigation to be initiated by the Public Prosecutor's office."

"The Wiesenthal Centre added that the glorification of the PFLP endangers the Spanish Jewish community, Christian friends ofIsrael and Spain itself," stressed Samuels, in support of ACOM.

He added that "France and Ireland must also be brought to order, in view of claims of their financial assistance reachingterrorist movements, to be investigated by the European Commission," concluded Samuels.