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Switzerland moves to ban Hamas, backs Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’

Palestinians evacuate a casualty of an Israeli air strike on a house in Khan Younis, November 22, 2023 [Reuters/Mohammed Salem]

The Swiss government has announced it will introduce legislation by the end of February to explicitly ban “Hamas activities or support” for the Palestinian group.

The Federal Council, the executive branch, said on Wednesday that it has decided to draft a law to ban the Palestinian group “considering this to be the most appropriate response to the situation that has prevailed in the Middle East since October 7”.

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