The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Friday issued a travel warning for Jews wishing to visit the Icelandic capital after Reykjavik municipality voted Tuesday in favor of a boycott of Israeli goods “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues”.

Iceland’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the city’s decision, saying it was merely symbolic and had no tangible effect on its policies toward Jerusalem.

“I believe the city is sending a clear message, whereby it will not buy products from Israel as long as it oppresses another people on the basis of its ethnicity and race and the continued existence of a wall within Palestine”, said Councilwoman Björk Vilhelmsdóttir, who introduced the bill.

The Reykjavik council has a left-wing majority. “We hope someone in Iceland comes to their senses and stops the blindness and the one-sidedness that is directed at Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East”, said Emanuel Nachson, the ministry’s spokesman.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently resorted to evoking the Nazi era to criticise an European Union parliamentary motion on labelling.

Most countries consider the settlements illegal, and the U.S. State Department has expressed concern “settlement expansion threatens the two-state solution”.

“This is clearly a discriminatory move and we have already sought advice that it might break global law and treaties”, he said. “Instead of boycott calls, Iceland should initiate or support efforts aimed at fostering dialogue and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians”. “Once again, we see one nation, over all others, subjected to a ban and boycott, and we would like to ask those that sought this boycott if it is a mere coincidence that this nation also happens to be the only Jewish nation in the world”. Its government told The Times of Israel that the resolution by the capital was its own and not representative of the country’s stance.