Switzerland to Ban Hamas as ‘Terrorist Organization’ and Support Israel’s ‘Right to Self-Defense’
How bad is Hamas?
Consider the last entity that organized the slaughter of Jewish people: Nazi Germany. During World War Two, the ‘neutral’ nation of Switzerland willing engaged in fiscal interactions with the Hitler regime.
Switzerland was the favorite haven for Nazi bank accounts and safe deposit boxes, which often contained property plundered from Jews. Swiss banks did a lucrative business with the German Reichsbank and with individual Nazi officials.
However, in the wake of the October 7th terror attacks on Israelis, the famously neutral country is planning to ban Hamas.
The Swiss government says it will pass a new law by the end of February to ban any “Hamas activities” or “support” for the Palestinian group.The Swiss Federal Council recently designated Hamas as a “terrorist organisation” and considers this new policy as the “most appropriate response” to the events that have been unfolding in the Middle East since Hamas fighters launched a deadly cross-border raid from inside Gaza to Southern Israel on 7 October.Switzerland will terminate contracts with three Palestinian NGOs found to have “instances of non-compliance” while maintaining contractual relationships with eight other NGOs.The government has called for “respect for international humanitarian law and in particular the protection of civilians” stressing the need for humanitarian pauses “to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access”.
Swiss People’s Party, the largest in the country, has been strongly pushing for a ban. The announcement of the plans for the plan also included a statement supporting Israel’s right to defend itself.
…[T]he government called for respect for international humanitarian law and particularly the protection of civilians. It voiced “deep sorrow for the thousands of civilians who have lost their lives in Israel and across the occupied Palestinian territories” and condemned the Hamas attack on October 7 “in the strongest possible terms”.The statement made no mention of Israel’s actions in Gaza but recognised “Israel’s right to ensure its own defence and security”.
Of course, being “neutral”, Switzerland had to toss in the requisite “two state solution” option.
In view of the dramatic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the Swiss government called for the need to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access. Humanitarian pauses are necessary for this purpose, it said.In its statement it also stressed the need to restore the prospect of a political framework in the region, based on the two-state solution.“This approach is the only viable path towards ensuring that both the Palestinian and Israeli populations can coexist peacefully, securely and with dignity,” it noted.
If one state is devoted to chaos and destruction, there will be no peace. However, the moves are Swiss are directionally correct and perhaps they can inspire more people to deem Hamas a terrorist organization…especially the people who voted to give this organization power in Gaza in the first place.
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