August 31, 2025 – RTS – In an open letter, 70 former diplomats wrote to Mr. Cassis, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, to remind him of Switzerland’s duties regarding the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The diplomats are calling for the following measures to be taken without delay:

• Recognize the Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly in September.
• Suspend all military cooperation with Israel and immediately prohibit the export of weapons and dual-use goods to Israel.
• Prohibit trade with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• Impose targeted sanctions against Israeli ministers, military personnel, and settlers, or Palestinian leaders suspected of war crimes.

The Diplomats’ Open Letter