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| November 30, 2013
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Swiss lawmaker excluded from political party for saying Israel is ‘on path of carbonization’

Geneva councilman calls for cancellation of Chanukah event in the city, saying it’s against Swiss law.

By JTA, JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

Swiss lawmaker Denis Menoud was excluded from the populist Geneva Citizens’ Movement (MCG) on Friday after commenting that Israel was “on the path of carbonization” following the signing of the interim nuclear deal with Iran, AFP reported.

Delegations from Iran, other world powers during closed-door nuclear talks on October 15, 2013. - Photo: REUTERS

Delegations from Iran, other world powers during closed-door nuclear talks on October 15, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS

His comments, written on his Facebook page on Tuesday, caused an uproar in the party, leading party president Roger Colay to condemn his words and demanding him to resign. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2013
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Shoah fund ‘paid out $1.24B’ to Holocaust survivors

 

Jewish weekly reports Holocaust survivors as well as victims’ heirs received money from Swiss Bank fund set up after scandal over dormant accounts of Jews killed in World War II.

  By AFP

Holocaust survivors and victims’ heirs have received $1.24 billion from a Swiss fund set up after a scandal over dormant accounts of Jews killed in World War II, a magazine said Monday.

Some 457,000 Holocaust survivors and heirs have received money from fund (illustration) Photo: AP

Some 457,000 Holocaust survivors and heirs have received money from fund (illustration) – Photo: AP

The Swiss-Jewish weekly Tachles said the figure was contained in a report by New York judge Edward Korman, who oversees the management of the fund

Korman’s report summed up operations since a landmark 1998 deal between the World Jewish Congress and Swiss banks. Continue Reading »

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| May 29, 2013
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Switzerland refuses entry to Saudi cleric for anti-Semitic rhetoric

‘Gulfnews’ wrote that the Swiss gov’t refused radical Saudi cleric Muhammad al-Arefe because of his misogynist & antisemitic ideologies.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

BERLIN – The Swiss government extended its ban of the radical Saudi Islamist scholar Muhammad al-Arefe because of his anti-Semitic and misogynist ideologies.

Mohammed Al-Arefe - Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Mohammed Al-Arefe – Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

The website GulfNews.com reported on his denial of entry into Switzerland on Monday.

The Swiss government initially barred al-Arefe from entering the country in December to attend the second annual conference of the Swiss Central Islamic Council.

Germany permitted al-Arefe to deliver talks in April and last year at an Islamic center that houses a kindergarten in the city of Mainz.

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| May 29, 2012
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Swiss chain won’t label settlement goods as Israeli

 

Switzerland’s largest retailer says the decision is in the interests of transparency

Switzerland’s largest retail chain announced Tuesday it would join a growing list of countries and sellers refusing to mark goods produced in the West Bank as “Made in Israel.”

 

A Migros location in Zurich. (photo credit: CC-BY lejoe, Flickr)
A Migros location in Zurich. – Photo: CC-BY lejoe, Flickr

The moves comes just weeks after South Africa and Denmark said they would stop labeling products made in the settlements as Israeli.

Migros said the decision is in the interests of greater transparency, and is designed to help the customers to make an informed choice. Spokeswoman Monika Weibel said Tuesday that Migros doesn’t support boycott calls by pro-Palestinian groups but does want to let customers decide which products they want to buy. Continue Reading »

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