A Zionist association has filed a complaint against Podemos councilwoman Lucía Muñoz for wishing for the disappearance of the Israeli state.

PalmThe Zionist organization Association for Action and Communication on the Middle East (ACOM) has announced it will file a criminal complaint against Lucía Muñoz, a councilwoman for Podemos in the Palma City Council, for alleged hate crimes and incitement to violence after she expressed her desire for "the disappearance of the state of Israel." The complaint refers to statements made by the councilwoman in a video on the program... Red Winter, broadcast on the television channel Canal Red, in which he shared his wishes for 2026, among which he asked for a "Palestine free of the river in the sea", "the expropriation of the homes of the vulture funds and "the reduction of rents by law".

Lucía Muñoz:

"In prison they told us we were terrorists, murderers of Jewish babies."

In a statement published on its social media account, ACOM argued that these expressions "explicitly allude to the disappearance of a sovereign state," which they consider "a direct allusion to the elimination of the political and institutional entity of a particular people or nation." "This formulation transcends political criticism and enters the realm of incitement to violence and hatred, thus violating essential precepts of the Spanish legal system," they asserted. According to the organization, these words could violate Article 510 of the Penal Code, with the alleged aggravating factors of discrimination and the spread of the crime due to "the repeated use of similar expressions on social media and their public dissemination, which amplifies the seriousness of the acts and their potential to create a hostile environment." In this regard, they emphasized that freedom of expression is a constitutionally protected fundamental right, but "it is not absolute." For this reason, they argue that, in their opinion, it does not protect statements that incite violence, hatred, or discrimination, especially when directed against a group defined by its nationality or collective identity. The complaint they have indicated will include copies of the disseminated publications, references to their public and widespread nature, as well as the relevant criminal laws so that their possible classification as a hate crime and incitement to violence can be assessed.