Hawzah News Agency- The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said it is looking into “several criminal complaints” against Isaac Herzog, who is attending the World Economic Forum at the Swiss resort of Davos this week, according to the AFP news agency.
The office told AFP the complaints were “being examined in accordance with the usual procedure” and that it was in contact with the country’s foreign ministry “to examine the question of the immunity of the person concerned”.
The office didn’t provide any details on the specific complaints filed but the Swiss Keystone-ATS news agency reported that one of the complaints came from an NGO called Legal Action Against Genocide “for incitement to genocide and crimes against humanity”.
The complaint said Herzog had played “an active role in the ideological justification of genocide and war crimes in Gaza, by erasing all distinction between the civilian population and combatants”.
AFP reported that Herzog spoke at Davos on Tuesday and held meetings on Wednesday morning but it was unclear if he was still in Switzerland.
The agency, citing Keystone-ATS, said complaints were also filed against the Israeli president when he attended the Davos meeting a year ago but said the Swiss Attorney General refrained from opening an investigation that time.
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of nearly 47,000 innocent civilians, the majority of whom are women and children, and, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, and Yoav Gallant, the former Defense Minister of the Regime, are under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.
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