Switzerland

Several hundred people gathered in Zurich on Saturday afternoon for a rally for “a free Palestine”. The city of Zurich approved the demonstration.

The organisers called in advance to bring only Palestinian flags. Anti-Semitic statements were strictly forbidden, the appeal said.

On Helvetiaplatz there were almost only large and small Palestinian flags as well as Kufyia, also known as “Arafat fabric”, as a reporter from Keystone-SDA observed.

Similar demonstrations are also planned in Bern, Basel and Geneva on Saturday afternoon. ...