The Swiss Meet With hamas

A hamas delegation recently headed to Switzerland to meet with Swiss diplomats. Switzerland does not consider hamas to be a terrorist group. No surprise there. This is the same country that took a neutral position with regard to the nazis. It is this kind of moral bankruptcy which causes me to have such contempt for the Europeans. They refuse to make distinctions between terrorists and a free democratic nation.

For those who say it's not Israel's business who the Swiss or any other country meets with, it sure as hell is Israel's business when a particular country decides to meet with those dedicated to its destruction and the genocide of its people. It's beyond absurd to claim that Israel has no business when another country is behaving in ways which will have a direct effect on it. Neither they nor the Swiss are the ones who are going to be suffering the consequences of hamas being further strengthened by the west's legitimization and appeasement of this genocidal terror group. Since the Israelis are the ones who have to live with the consequences, it certainly is their right to object to the Swiss meeting with hamas. I really am tired of countries who think they can just treat Israel like a sacrificial lamb, who act as though Israel should have no say with regards to its own fate, have a blatant disregard for legitimate Israeli security concerns as well as the very lives of Israeli citizens and treating Jewish blood as cheap. Its way past time Israel asserted itself.

You know it really does serve Europe right that they are being overrun by hordes of muslims, finally having to experience life amongst these savages.

Israel furious over Hamas leader's trip to Switzerland

By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent


The Foreign Ministry is furious over news that Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official based in the Gaza Strip, recently headed a Hamas delegation to Switzerland for talks with Swiss diplomats.

A senior Foreign Ministry official said the visit will further destabilize already shaky relations between Jerusalem and Bern, after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Switzerland in April for the "Durban 2" United Nations anti-racism conference.

China's news agency broke the story of Zahar's visit nearly two weeks ago. Advertisement


Officials at the Israeli Embassy in Bern were surprised by the report, since they knew nothing about the June visit.

The embassy has requested clarifications from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, but Israeli officials say the responses have not been satisfactory.

One Jerusalem officials said it was many days before the Swiss confirmed the Hamas visit to the embassy.

Swiss officials told Israel's ambassador in Bern, Ilan Elgar, that the Hamas delegation was invited to Geneva by a nongovernmental research institute.

The Foreign Ministry source, however, noted that Swiss diplomats, including the Swiss envoy to the Middle East, met with the delegation during a conference at the institute.

When Elgar requested official clarification regarding the visa issued to the delegation, he was told by the Swiss foreign ministry, "In Switzerland, Hamas is not considered a terrorist organization."

Tensions between Jerusalem and Bern began to build about a year and a half ago, when the Swiss foreign minister went to Iran to sign a major gas purchase contract.

In May, in the wake of Ahmadinejad's visit to Geneva and the official working meeting with him held by Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz, Israel recalled Elgar to Jerusalem for consultations in protest.