Switzerland to protest Israel death penalty with ambassador

The Swiss foreign ministry will hold talks with the Israeli ambassador to Switzerland next week to reaffirm Swiss opposition to the expansion of the death penalty in Israel. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The head of the Peace and Human Rights Division, Tim Enderlin, has already contacted the Israeli ambassador in Bern, a foreign ministry spokesperson told the Keystone-SDA news agency. According to the spokesperson, Enderlin will also personally explain Switzerland's position to Ambassador Tibor Schlosser. A meeting is planned for next week. The Sonntagsblick newspaper was the first to report on the planned talks. The newspaper wrote that the foreign ministry had summoned the Israeli ambassador. Switzerland has made it a stated goal to abolish the death penalty worldwide. + Read how Switzerland is trying to kill the death penalty Ambitious goal In 2013, then Swiss foreign minister Didier Burkhalter set the ambitious goal of achieving a world without the ...