Tag: Switzerland
Swiss parliament moves to stop funding UNRWA
The Swiss National Council voted on Tuesday to cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) amid mounting international concerns over the group’s activities in Gaza.
The decision by the lower house of...
Credit Suisse served Nazi clients as recently as 2020
Banking giant Credit Suisse had dealings with and held accounts linked to Nazis from World War II until as recently as 2020, according to reports the U.S. Senate Budget Committee reports released on Israel’s Holocaust...
Switzerland funding Israeli NGO dedicated to ‘myth-breaking Israel’s founding narrative’
Switzerland is funding an Israeli NGO seeking to undermine the country’s founding narratives, according to a recent report by NGO Monitor.
The organization, called Akevot, claims to promote “peace building” and “human rights,” but its...
World Zionist Congress elections presents ‘rare opportunity’ to strengthen global Jewish community
Jews in the United States are voting online for slates that represent diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions vying for a seat in the 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC), set to convene in October 2020 in...
White House gives credentials to anti-Semitic broadcaster, outlet covering Davos
Anti-Semitic and conspiracy broadcaster Rick Wiles and his outlet TruNews received a media credential from the White House to cover the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Switzerland.
Right Wing Watch, a project of People for...
Israel, Swiss postal services team up to find startups in trade and logistic field
The state-owned Israel Postal Company and the Swiss Post have partnered up to find startups that offer technological solutions to challenges facing both companies, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.
Israeli entrepreneurs,...
Swiss ambassador issues lukewarm apology to Hebron Jews after activist slaps child
Switzerland’s ambassador issued a half-hearted apology to the Jewish community of Hebron in Judea on Friday, two days after a Swiss man from a radical-left observer group slapped a 10-year-old Jewish boy from the...
New scenic lookout inaugurated in Tiberius in memory of “Righteous Among the Nations” honoree,...
Last week, a new scenic lookout in Switzerland Forest, Tiberius was inaugurated in memory of Carl Lutz, the first Swiss national to be recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” for his extraordinary efforts...
Swiss parliament votes to end funding of anti-Semitic NGOs
The Swiss Council of States passed today a resolution directing the government to "amend the laws, ordinances and regulations" to prevent funding to NGOs "involved in racist, anti-Semitic or hate incitement actions."
According to NGO...
New study claims Swiss rejected fewer Jews during Nazi era
According to historian Ruth Fivaz-Silbermann, who presented her 1,000-page postgraduate research project, ‘The flight to Switzerland’, at Geneva University last Saturday, 15,519 Jewish people tried to enter Switzerland via the Franco-Swiss border between 1939...