Switzerland

Switzerland to fund national memorial for Holocaust victims

Switzerland’s executive body agrees to help pay for the country’s first national memorial to honor the victims of the Holocaust.

WJC: Credit Suisse must reinstate investigation into Nazi ties

Wold Jewish Congress urges bank to rehire investigators looking into new claims of Nazi accounts.

Massive Nazi monument in Swiss cemetery stirring controversy

Enormous stone carving created by Nazis in 1938 leading the Swiss to reexamine the truth of their relationship to the 3rd Reich during WWII.

Swiss Jewish leaders warn of increase in antisemitic attacks

New study finds 'emerging subculture' of antisemitism, calls for government to monitor antisemitism, enact hate speech laws.

Switzerland:

Man with explosives arrested outside Parliament

Police in Switzerland’s capital of Bern evacuate Parliament after man arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosives.

Geneva lawmakers move to ban Nazi symbols

Politicians from Swiss canton put forward bill to ban Nazi symbols, but measure needs to pass referendum before becoming law.

Swiss Jews praise commission’s support of Nazi symbol ban

Group representing Swiss Jewish communities calls for banning Nazi symbols as first step to comprehensive hate symbol ban.

Swiss Jews call for banning Nazi symbols

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities calls for ban as first step towards banning all racist and extremist symbols.

Switzerland launches commission on art looted by Nazis

Database will also be created to list and research provenance of suspected looted works of art.

Pres. Herzog in Switzerland:

'Iran's behavior cannot be met with silence'

'Switzerland is strategically positioned, IAEA's independence is critical,' Israel's Pres. Herzog tells Switzerland's Pres. Cassis.

Basel, Switzerland:

Pres. Herzog will join commemoration of first Zionist Congress

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog will make an official visit to the Swiss Confederation on Monday

Watch: Biden makes another stumble on the world stage

'I'm getting overly anxious', said the President as he confused two leading European nations.

Germany, Switzerland arrest 4 ISIS sympathizers

Four suspected members of ISIS detained in Germany and Switzerland in a cross-border operation.

Swiss Jews gather to discuss how to help Ukrainian refugees

Meetings take place after 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees have found a home in Switzerland.

The week ahead - two conferences in Davos that will affect you

Both the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum are having their conferences from the 22-28th of May, in Switzerland. Op-ed.

Swiss court sentences infamous French comedian for antisemitism

Dieudonné sentenced on appeal by Geneva court for 2019 performances that included “racial discrimination, defamation and insult.”

Swiss Jews to unveil memorial to Holocaust victims

The Swiss Jewish community is honoring the victims of the Holocaust with a memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Davos.

Switzerland to create memorial to victims of Nazism

The Swiss government has approved the creation of a memorial for the victims of Nazism.

Two Orthodox Jews elected to Zurich city council

Two Orthodox Jewish candidates have been elected to Zurich’s municipal council, winning seats in elections last weekend.

Swiss Jewish orgs slam gov decision not to ban Nazi symbols

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounces federal government's decision as incomprehensible.

Swiss Jews in talks over suspected Nazi-linked art collection

Controversial collection was previously denounced by Swiss Jewish community for containing works of art stolen by Nazis from French Jews.

26-year old Orthodox Jew makes run for Zurich Council seat

If elected, Jehuda Spielman would become the only Orthodox Jew on a city council in Switzerland.

Why this Jewish artist wants a museum to remove her paintings

Swiss-Jewish artist wants museum to take down her paintings over concerns about art purchased from Jews under duress during WWII.

Jewish artist asks controversial Swiss museum to remove her work

Painter and sculptor Miriam Cahn denounces Zurich museum for "whitewashing" Nazi links of a large permanent collection of paintings.

Swiss Jews accuse private art collection of Nazi-era origins

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounces private art collection for allegedly containing pieces stolen from Jews by the Nazis.

Switzerland bars entry of Israelis due to new COVID-19 variant

Germany, UK, join list of countries where new 'Omicron' variant from South Africa has been identified.

Abbas: We are extending our hands to the Israelis

PA chairman calls on Israel to start a new political track based on the two-state solution.

PM to Swiss President: 'Take action against Iran'

PM Naftali Bennett requests that Swiss Confederation, as a member of IAEA council, take decisive action against Iran's nuclear project.

Switzerland: Protesters march in Bern against COVID restrictions

Large numbers of police block off streets in Bern on Thursday amid protests against COVID-19 measures.

Swiss Jewish community slams Swiss Press Council’s pro-BDS take

Swiss Jewish Federation outraged after country's press council rules against magazine that printed article linking BDS to anti-Semitism.

Swiss government adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

Country's government reiterates that it "firmly and unequivocally opposes any form of anti-Semitism."

Swiss Muslim and Jewish groups speak out against 'burqa ban'

The ban on face-covering veils was approved in a referendum on Sunday.

Swiss voters back ban on full face coverings

Vote on “burqa ban” comes after years of debate in Switzerland following similar bans in other European countries.

Hate mail: 'This time, it's the Muslims who will deal with you'

Hate mail to French-Jewish lawmaker tells her to ‘prepare for the camps.’

Pig meat left outside 2 Swiss synagogues

Pig meat left outside Lausanne and Geneva synagogues in incidents said to be carried out by different individuals.

Police not ruling out 'terrorist motives' in Switzerland attack

Police in Switzerland say "terrorist motives" cannot be excluded in incident in which woman attacked two others in Lugano supermarket.

Swiss lottery scratch card uses the phrase ‘gassed Jew’

State-owned lottery company in Switzerland apologizes for crossword scratch card that appeared to feature the word combination.

Report: Switzerland offers to mediate between Israel and PA

Swiss President reportedly offers to host diplomatic summit in which Israel and PA will try to resume negotiations.

Switzerland, do not deport Iranian Kurdish activist Arezu Aliasi

In a world gone mad, we must not forget individuals suffering injustice. Deporting a Kurdish woman activist to Iran is immoral. Opinion.

PJ Library to launch in German

'A wonderful opportunity to teach children basic Jewish values and traditions,' German Jewish leader says.

Museum to pay restitution to heirs of Nazi-looted art

Swiss museum agrees to pay restitution to heirs of Nazi-looted art worth $2m.

Swiss diplomat chosen to head UNRWA

Arab report: Philippe Lazzarini to serve as next commissioner-general of UN agency for “Palestinian refugees”.

Switzerland resumes payments to UNRWA

Switzerland resumes payments to UN's agency for “Palestinian refugees” after it is cleared of allegations of mismanaging funds.

Watch: 'Heil Hitler' shouted during Arutz Sheva interview

Man yells anti-Semitic Nazi slogan during interview with rabbi in Switzerland about efforts to fight anti-Semitism in Europe.

El Al passengers get stuck in Switzerland on Shabbat due to fog

An angry passenger said: 'El Al isn't aware that there's fog in Europe at the end of October?'

Bodies of British composer, family, found in Switzerland

British composer dies with his wife and infant daughter in plane crash.

Switzerland suspends UNRWA funding amid corruption allegations

Switzerland says it is suspending further contributions pending findings of UN investigators examining claims of corruption within UNRWA.

Olmert cancels flight over fears of arrest

Former PM told he could be arrested for war crimes if he lands in Zurich, Switzerland.

In Swiss Alps, locals and haredi tourists find ways to get along

After much-publicized incidents between haredi visitors and locals in Swiss vacation town, project launched to foster mutual understanding.

Synagogue in Basel, Switzerland vandalized

Rabbi says community will not be intimidated into cancelling Hanukkah lighting after window smashed during Shabbat services.

Swiss citizens against BDS

'The BDS Movement is based on lies. The attempts to boycott Israel are attempts to harm the Jewish People.'

Swiss kosher butcher shop vandalized 4 times in one month

Kosher butcher shop in Basel, Switzerland hit for fourth time in a month, in what local Jews say is coordinated campaign of intimidation.

Gaza man jailed for assaulting kippah-wearing Jew in Switzerland

Muslim brutalizes Jewish man on Switzerland train; sentenced to four months prison for assault but not convicted of hate crime.

Swiss tourism official complains about ‘Jewish guests’’ behavior

Official in Davos, Switzerland, complains to Jewish community about Jewish guests whose behavior ‘disturbs’ other visitors.

Plane crash in Swiss Alps kills 20

Police confirm vintage plane crashed in Swiss Alps, killing everyone on board.

A legal blow to illegal Eritrean immigrants

Swiss court rules that danger of being drafted into Eritrean military insufficient to prevent deportation of Eritrean migrants.

Zurich: Knife-wielding man attacks Jewish family

Man brandishing knife, shouting anti-Semitic curses chases Orthodox Jewish family on way to synagogue. Suspect released after questioning.

Rouhani: We'll respect deal if interests are preserved

Visiting Switzerland, Iranian President says Iran will respect nuclear deal with world powers as long as its interests are preserved.

Switzerland welcomes radicalization

'Muslim World League behind whole network of radically-oriented mosques in Switzerland with clear intention of spreading Salafist thought.'

Swiss FM doubles down on UNRWA criticism

Switzerland's Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis questions whether his country should continue to fund UN's "Palestinian refugee" agency.