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Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has ordered advertising platforms to remove listings promoting tourist accommodation in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, in a move framed as support for the Palestinian people. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry said it had identified 138 advertisements for tourist accommodation on seven platforms operating in Spain. It said the multinational companies involved were issued with an initial warning, informing them that illegal content had been found on their platforms in the form of advertisements for accommodation located in the occupied Palestinian territories. The companies were instructed to remove or block the ads immediately. The ministry warned that failure to comply would result in “further measures” being taken. READ: Israel settler violence forces closure of […]
