The mayor of a French town who ordered Israeli products withdrawn from municipal canteens was found not guilty of discrimination. A court in the northern town of Lille found the mayor of Seclin, Jean-Claude Willem, had not broken any laws when he ordered town canteens to stop purchasing Israeli orange juice.
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