A Swiss Protestant group from Zurich that calls itself “Swiss Israel Shalom” announced here today that it has obtained 5845 signatures on a petition to be presented to the Swiss Government calling for the recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
It also calls on the Swiss authorities to be true to their policy of neutrality and close the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Geneva and expel the PLO delegate to the United Nations in Geneva, Doud Barakot. Most of the signatures were collected following Sunday service in Protestant churches in Switzerland.
One of the initiators of the petition told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that most of the signatures were from non-Jews and that young people were the ones who signed most readily. He added that many others were willing to sign the part relating to the closure of the PLO office but were reluctant to sign the part on Jerusalem.
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