Israeli Diplomat Hits Out At Swiss Stance On Gaza
Israel's ambassador Ilan Elgar told the SonntagsZeitung he found Switzerland's support for the resolution "very problematic, because Switzerland is in this way taking sides against Israel."
"We have contracted the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs," Elgar said, without giving further details.
Elgar also criticized a pro-Palestinian rally held in the capital Saturday, which called for Switzerland to sever all military ties with Israel.
"We must not forget that hundreds of thousands of Israeli have lived for quite a long time in fear and worry of Hamas rockets," he said.
Switzerland was the only Western European country to back the draft resolution, supported by 32 members of the U.N. Human Rights Council, condemning the "grave human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories."
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Publié le 11 janvier 2009 Copyright © 2009 Dowjones
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