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“We don’t want to be remembered as victims”

Lecture by Dr Yousef Aljamal at the “Switzerland-Palestinian Society” in Zurich

by Ursula Cross

(16 February 2024) At the invitation of the “Switzerland-Palestine Society”,1 Yousef Aljamal, who grew up in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, spoke on 28 January 2024 about personal stories, stubborn Palestinians, people’s pride in their history and his hope in young people around the world.

“My stories are intended to make it easier for people to imagine life in an occupied territory”. With these words Dr Aljamal started his lecture.

Immediate stop to negotiations with the WHO

Lack of transparency at federal level

by Dr. med. Sabine Vuilleumier-Koch

(9 February 2024) The number of national parliamentarians warning against the adoption of WHO treaties is growing. These treaties, a “pandemic treaty” and amendments to the “International Health Regulations” (IHR), are to be adopted at the World Health Assembly, the WHO’s legislative body, in May 2024 and would have devastating consequences for the member states. Despite this, the Federal Council has not yet provided complete and transparent information about the negotiations to Parliament, let alone the public. The treaties cannot yet be read and studied in any national language; they are only available in English on the Internet.

The EU is destroying farms across Europe …

France also joins the protests

by Pierre Lévy,* France

(9 February 2024) (Edit. S-St) Farmers in Europe are protesting against increasing regulations, constraints and falling incomes. This development is no coincidence. In recent years, the air has been cut off from them insidiously through various EU requirements that are implemented nationally. More and more are threatened in their existence. Suicide rates are high. A similar gloomy picture is emerging everywhere. Farmers are rightly fighting back against this development.

Israel Cannot Hide From the International Court of Justice

by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA

(9 February 2024) It is easy to be cynical about the international rule of law. No sooner had the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found1 that Israel is plausibly committing genocide against the Palestinian people than the U.S. State Department declared, “We continue to believe that allegations of genocide are unfounded and note the court did not make a finding about genocide or call for a ceasefire in its ruling…” Israeli leaders declared the case to be “outrageous” and “antisemitic”. Yet the risks for Israel of the ICJ ruling, and its follow-up in the next year or two, are profound. If Israel spurns the Genocide Convention, it imperils its place within the community of nations.

Look for the female general!

by Christian Campiche,* Lausanne

(9 February 2024) The future of man is the woman. Well recognised, Aragon!1

When men destroy each other on the battlefields of the world, will the vision become reality?

When will that be?

Look for the woman general! She is the one who holds the sceptre now.

A tribute to Dick Marty

by Guy Mettan,* Geneva

(2 February 2024) I think it makes sense to revisit the death of Dick Marty. On the one hand, because the tributes paid to him did not do justice to his merits. On the other hand, however, because I reproach myself for not having honoured my promise to visit him last spring.