Swiss rights groups to protest Peres visit to the country

[P F Tinmore]

GENEVA, (PIC)-- More than 20 human rights groups in Switzerland will gather in the capital Geneva on Monday to protest a visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres to the country.

They have been working to prosecute Peres over war crimes he committed in the 2008-2009 war on Gaza.

Switzerland must refrain from receiving Peres, as the UN Goldstone report regarding the war on the Gaza Strip has accused Israeli leaders of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, in the wake of the killing of more than a 1,450 Palestinians, most of them children and women, within 22 days, Gharbi said.

The announcement of Peres's planned visit came on Saturday when courts and government departments were closed for the weekend, so legal measures against Peres had not been taken, Gharbi explained, adding that the rights groups will put forth ”every effort” to prosecute Peres as a war criminal.

Swiss rights groups to protest Peres visit to the country

 

[P F Tinmore]

GENEVA, (PIC)-- A Switzerland-based rights group has petitioned for local courts to issue an arrest warrant against Shimon Peres as the Israeli president arrives Monday for a visit to the country.

The Rights for All group has filed charges with the Swiss Attorney General to have Peres arrested for war crimes committed during the latest Israeli war on Gaza in 2008-2009.

More than 20 rights groups have staged demonstrations Monday near the government headquarters in Geneva to protest Peres's visit to Switzerland.

Rights group petitions for arrest warrant as Peres arrives in Switzerland

 

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A survey suggests a wave of anti-semitism associated with the return of dormant bank accounts to Holocaust survivors has not died down

Swiss anti-semitism 'deeply rooted

A survey in Switzerland suggests that anti-semitism remains deeply rooted in the country.

BBC News | EUROPE | Swiss anti-semitism 'deeply rooted'

It indicates that 16% of Swiss people are fundamentally anti-semitic, while 60% have anti-semitic sympathies.

The US and Swiss Jewish organisations behind the survey say it shows the wave of anti-semitism that hit Switzerland in 1998 over the return of dormant bank accounts to Holocaust survivors has not died down.

Yes, they never did like having to give so much of the money that they had hidden. They really didn't like it when all the paperwork came out showing what they did to further Hitler's goals and the money they robbed from their clients who were murdered in the war.