Petition For Recognition Of Palestine Handed Over In Bern

2025-09-23 02:14:33

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(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The petition "Switzerland must also recognise Palestine" with 13,750 signatures was handed over to the government and parliament in Bern. This content was published on September 23, 2025 - 10:26 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

Deutsch de Petition für Anerkennung Palästinas in Bern übergeben Original Read more: Petition für Anerkennung Palästinas in Bern übergebe

The initiator of the petition handed over on Monday was the Zurich writer Thomas Meyer.

Meyer confirmed to Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA news agency that the signatures had been presented. He started the petition a year ago, when only a few hundred signatures were collected, he said. But at the second attempt, and unfortunately countless deaths later, it worked, he noted.

+ Why Switzerland does not recognise Palestine as a state

“We Jews had to wait a long time for our own state and shed a lot of blood in the process. For the same reasons, it is now time for the Palestinians to have their own state,” the Jewish author was quoted as saying in a press release.

+ What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?External link

Only through a two-state solution can the region find peace, the statement continues. The initiative urges Switzerland to take its humanitarian tradition seriously and recognise Palestine as a state.

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