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December 31, 2025
December 31, 2025
Middle East Monitor
A general view of Efrat Jewish Settlement in Bethlehem, West Bank on March 30, 2024. [Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]
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 only primary school in occupied West Bank village
The decision comes within the framework of a decree issued by the government of Pedro Sánchez, approved by parliament in October, which aims to “end the genocide in Gaza and support the Palestinian people”.
Related measures under the decree include a ban on the purchase and sale of weapons to Israel, as well as a ban on advertising products manufactured in Israeli settlements or in occupied territories.
Commenting on the latest decision, the ministry said that such tourist accommodation “contributes to the normalisation and perpetuation of a colonial regime that is considered illegal under international law”.
Similar steps have been taken elsewhere. In October, the Human Rights League in France announced action against online booking platforms that advertise tourist accommodation in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
A general view of Efrat Jewish Settlement in Bethlehem, West Bank on March 30, 2024. [Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]
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 only primary school in occupied West Bank village
The decision comes within the framework of a decree issued by the government of Pedro Sánchez, approved by parliament in October, which aims to “end the genocide in Gaza and support the Palestinian people”.
Related measures under the decree include a ban on the purchase and sale of weapons to Israel, as well as a ban on advertising products manufactured in Israeli settlements or in occupied territories.
Commenting on the latest decision, the ministry said that such tourist accommodation “contributes to the normalisation and perpetuation of a colonial regime that is considered illegal under international law”.
Similar steps have been taken elsewhere. In October, the Human Rights League in France announced action against online booking platforms that advertise tourist accommodation in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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