Another defeat of Zionism. Justice ratified the acquittal of Alejandro Bodart

The Buenos Aires Justice declared “inadmissible” the appeals presented by the DAIA and the Prosecutor's Office. This new resolution is the fourth instance favorable to our colleague Alejandro Bodart. Rejects the last appeal, ratifies his acquittal and delivers a new defeat to Zionism's attempts to criminalize the defense of the Palestinian people and the denunciation of genocide.

By Gonzalo Zuttion

A new and forceful judicial ruling has just dealt a harsh defeat to Zionism and its attempts at censorship. Last 27 March 2026 Chamber I of the Chamber of Cassation and Criminal Appeals of the Autonomous City of Buenos Airesresolved to declare completely inadmissible the unconstitutionality appeals presented by the Prosecutor's Office and the DAIA complaint. Both parties sought to elevate the case to the local Superior Court of Justice to reverse the acquittal of our colleague.Alejandro Bodart.

This decision ratifies once again a fundamental principle for our militancy and human rights,making it clear that Denouncing the genocide perpetrated by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people does not constitute a crime.

To understand the magnitude of this victory, it is necessary to review how Zionism tried to criminalize freedom of expression throughout all these years.. It all started with a few simple messages on social networks where Bodart questioned the criminal actions of the State of Israel. At first the judge in the case dismissed the accusation, although the insistence of the complaint managed to force the start of an oral trial. During this process, qualified witnesses were presented and the forcefulness of the evidence led to a first and indisputable acquittal.. Without wanting to accept reality, The Zionist lobby appealed and obtained a temporary sentence. That enormous injustice was quickly reversed in September 2025 when the Court of Cassation annulled the sentence and acquitted our colleague again.Now, in the face of the desperate attempt of the DAIAand the prosecutor's officefor continuing to escalate the judicial conflict, Justice once again closes the door in their faces, rejecting their appeal.

In this last instance, the plaintiffs tried to argue that the previous acquittal rulinglacked logic and was arbitrary. They demanded that the definition of anti-Semitism developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance be applied exclusively (RHA) and stated that Bodart's messages represented hate speech under the guidelines of the Rabat Action Plan.

The court completely dismantled these crude maneuvers by explaining that the complaint failed to demonstrate a true constitutional case.. Definitely, The response of Justice exposed the trap of the DAIA and the Prosecutor's Office. The complainants had no real constitutional argument to present and their only annoyance was that previous judges had interpreted the publications in favor of our colleague Bodart, recognizing his right to express his opinion..

Through this appeal they intended to use the highest court in the City as a kind of repechage to force a conviction out of pure ideological whim., which, It is also an attempt to discipline anyone who tries to defend the Palestinian cause. It was a desperate attempt that the magistrates stopped by making it clear that those high judicial spheres are not there to indulge political tantrums resulting from Zionist frustration.. further, They rejected the proposal of institutional gravity driven by the accusation when considering that his statements were generic and lacked support to justify the intervention of the highest local court. This means, that the complaint sought to invent that our colleague's messages put the entire society at risk and threatened peaceful coexistence. They tried to enlarge the case in a totally artificial way to generate alarm and force the Superior Court to take the file.

All of these court rulings conclude exactly the same. It was fully demonstrated that there was no discriminatory action. This entire persecution process armed by the DAIA was a clear attempt to criminalize a political opinionof repudiation of the genocide andin defense of the Palestinian people.

The enormous work of defense lawyersMaria del Carmen Verdu eIsmael JalilIt was vital to destroy each of the lies presented by the prosecution and the complaint. This enormous triumph belongs to them, to our colleague Bodart, to the militancy of the MST and the LIS and to the immense campaign of national and international solidarity that was raised to stop this institutional abuse.

We hope that the defenders of the genocide will stop insisting with their absurd appeals and recognize once and for all this definitive absolution. Knowing the nature of these actors and taking advantage of the strength that this fight gives us, we prepare for any attempt to continue the chase. Because it has become clear that an attempt was made to build a witness cause to curtail free opinion and all criticism of the genocide and they have been failing.. Without a doubt, so much cruelty is due to the fact that the reality of the genocide is coming to light and that reporting it is not a crime..

Today the entire world rises up to repudiate the massacre in the Middle East. This ruling represents an indispensable shield to protect other activists persecuted by Zionism worldwide.. The forcefulness of this legal victory gives us much more strength to demand the immediate annulment of similar persecution cases, like the one currently facing the companionVanina Biasi.

Supported by this very important victory, We keep our guard up and the continuity of the campaign and actions in defense of Bodart . We will never allow our voices to be silenced and we will continue to denounce the genocide perpetrated by Israel until we conquer a truly free Palestine from the river to the sea.