Racism and antisemitism are unacceptable.
The Swiss government wants to ban Nazi symbols and has submitted a corresponding law for consultation.
Press release in DE, FR, IT: https://t.co/atyHpNrv2w @EJPD_DFJP_DFGP pic.twitter.com/eElhFb4NEy
— Swiss Federal Government (@SwissGov) December 13, 2024
We have to protect the Jews that rule over us from criticism.
That’s our values of who we are in a democracy.
Switzerland is seeking to ban the swastika, Hitler salute and other Nazi signs due to a rise in antisemitism, the federal government has announced.
The Federal Council said in a statement that “banning symbols linked to the Third Reich has taken on a particular urgency due to the sharp increase in antisemitic incidents”.
Why did antisemitism increase?
It has proposed an immediate ban on the use of Nazi symbols in public and the imposition of a fine of about 200 Swiss francs (£177) on anyone who breaks the law.
The Swiss penal code will be amended to punish anyone who uses a “racist, extremist, Nazi symbol or one that advocates violence in order to propagate the ideology it represents”.
As elsewhere in Europe, the number of antisemitic incidents have surged in Switzerland in recent years, particularly after the start of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip sparked by the militants’ attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.
Last year, the Intercommunity Coordination Against Antisemitism and Defamation recorded 944 antisemitic incidents in French-speaking Switzerland – 70% more than in 2022.
“This considerable increase is largely due to the Israel-Hamas conflict which has served and continues to serve as a pretext for the surge in antisemitism,” the group said in its annual report.
Is antisemitism the only stated problem where you are not allowed to talk about the cause?
Even with something like the Ukraine war, they give a fake cause.
With the Jews, there is never any questions about why people hate them.
It’s simply supposed to be taken for granted that people hate them for no reason. Therefore, if antisemitism is increasing, it is increasing for no reason.
People took to the streets in Zurich, Switzerland, in support of #Gaza! pic.twitter.com/tvziirK0nU
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) October 27, 2024
Because there is no cause of antisemitism, the only possible solution to it is to ban freedom of speech.