The center of the case is that they didn’t just wear “Long live Palestine, boycott Israel” shirts and silently shopped for milk.

They did a tad more than that, enough to each get 1000 euros fines. Also it’s not like they’re now in concentration camps, they just got a slap on the hand.

The whole ruling if you care: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/juri/id/JURITEXT000031374097/

The parent correctly warned for the article’s bias, I confirm the author is cherrypicking little parts and blow them up for dramatic effect.