#BDSFail Switzerland takes positive stand on #BDS

JERUSALEM POST
Swiss Legislature Passes Bill to Stop Funding for Boycotts of Israel
by Benjamin Weinthal
March 9, 2017

Switzerland’s National Council – the lower chamber of the legislature – passed a bill on Wednesday to stop government funding of organizations that promote boycotts of Israel and spread antisemitism and racismOlga Deutsch, director of the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor’s Europe Desk, told The Jerusalem Post: “Today’s positive developments in Switzerland mark a milestone in seriously countering BDS campaigns, antisemitism and hatred, by equating them in the motion. The motion sets an important precedent.” READ MORE

YNET In an unprecedented decision, Switzerland’s parliament moves to prohibit funding of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, grouping it alongside racist and anti-Semitic organizations; decision marks the first time any European parliament acknowledges moral equivalence or correlation between anti-Semitism and BDS.

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