Punishment demanded for anti-Semitic tweets after Israel’s basketball win

(CNN) — After Israel’s Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv beat Spain’s Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball finals Sunday, some people on Twitter responded with vile anti-Semitic tweets.

“Now I understand Hitler and his hate for Jews,” one tweet read. That user removed the tweet and is now apologizing profusely, tweeting that his “empty words” were a joke and that he never meant to offend.

Another hateful tweet said the Maccabi team would hit the showers after the game, “but in the gas chamber, I hope.”

That user appears to have removed his as well. He also retweeted an op-ed from the Spanish newspaper El Pais arguing that while concern about hateful tweets makes sense, such offenses should not be considered illegal.
But to some leaders of Jewish communities in Spain, these and numerous other tweets crossed a legal line.

“We are standing up and saying enough is enough. We’re not going to allow this anymore,” Uri Benguigui, chairman of the Barcelona Jewish Community, told CNN on Wednesday.

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