The article on the indictment of Israelis by a Spanish court does not state whether the victim of the attack, Shahade, was a Spanish citizen or whether the bombing took place on Spanish soil. If neither of these is the case, then there is a very real jurisdictional issue. However, if it turns out neither of these factors exist, then I strongly suggest SPME begin a campaign to have Spanish courts indict Islamist hate mongers who appear on Egypt’s Al Rahma and Al Nas television stations for violating European hate speech laws. You can view these on memri.org. If European courts can exert extraordinary jurisdiction in assassination cases, then they should also exert the same jurisdiction in hate speech cases.

John C. Zimmerman J.D.

UNLV