Switzerland's parliament on Monday voted in favour of a controversial plan to buy six Israeli surveillance drones worth 250 million Swiss francs ($256 million, 230 million euros). Campaigners had rallied against the deal with Israeli company Elbit Systems, urging Switzerland **t to invest in Israel's military complex due to its "systematic human rights abuses" against Palestinians. Speaking on behalf of the mi**rity that opposed the deal, Socialist Party representative Geraldine Savary charged Israel had used the Hermes 900 during the 2014 Gaza war, in which 2,251 Palestinians and 73 Israelis were killed.
09-08-2015, 10:46 PM
Swiss to buy Israeli drones after parliament green light
Switzerland's parliament on Monday voted in favour of a controversial plan to buy six Israeli surveillance drones worth 250 million Swiss francs ($256 million, 230 million euros). Campaigners had rallied against the deal with Israeli company Elbit Systems, urging Switzerland **t to invest in Israel's military complex due to its "systematic human rights abuses" against Palestinians. Speaking on behalf of the mi**rity that opposed the deal, Socialist Party representative Geraldine Savary charged Israel had used the Hermes 900 during the 2014 Gaza war, in which 2,251 Palestinians and 73 Israelis were killed.
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