Switzerland dismissed Israel’s contention that Israeli soldiers did not target the car of a Swiss diplomat in a May incident in the Gaza Strip. On a visit to Switzerland, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told his hosts, “We are fighting terrorism, and not Switzerland.”
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