Criminal complaint filed against Israeli President in Switzerland, know the reason

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been the target of a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office (BA) confirmed that it has received a criminal complaint against the Israeli president, who was at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos on Thursday to discuss the Gaza war.

The criminal complaints will now be investigated in accordance with the normal procedure,” BA said in a statement, adding that it was “in contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate the question of the immunity of the individual concerned. It did not say what the specific complaints were, or who had filed them. But a statement issued by the people reportedly behind the complaint, titled Legal action against crimes against humanity and obtained by AFP, said several unnamed individuals had filed a complaint against federal prosecutors and cantonal authorities in Basel, Bern and Zurich. Charges were filed with the authorities.

The statement said the plaintiffs were seeking a parallel criminal prosecution of a case brought by South Africa before the UN International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of genocide in its offensive in Gaza. Addressing the issue of immunity the statement suggested that it could be lifted in certain circumstances, including in cases of alleged crimes against humanity, adding that “these conditions are met in this case”.