(Swiss Info) The Swiss government has proposed a five-year ban for the Islamist Palestinian organisation Hamas and affiliated groups after terrorist attacks on Israel.
The government submitted a draft bill to this effect for consultation on Wednesday.
The Federal Council hopes that banning the organisation will have a “preventive and repressive effect,” as it wrote in a press release. The aim is to reduce the risk of Hamas and related organisations using Switzerland as a safe haven. It should also reduce the threat of terrorism in Switzerland.
In addition, the law enforcement authorities could more easily issue entry bans or expulsions. And the ban would allow the authorities to take more targeted action against Hamas supporters. For financial intermediaries, the ban would lead to greater legal certainty in the fight against terrorist financing.
