Swiss deny activist flights to Israel http://www.moqavemat.com/?a=content.id&id=20372&lang=en

Airport spokeswoman Aline Yazgin said, however, that she was not aware why the activist flights were blocked, but that it could have been due to a shutdown in security areas after a French pro-Palestinian group tried to pass through airports security doorways.As the second Freedom Flotilla has been hindered on several occasions from reaching the impoverished Gaza Strip, activists planned to instead fly to Israel to attend a mass rally in the occupied West Bank before heading for Gaza.Some 600 had joined the initiative called “Flytilla.”

As a response, Israel released a list to international airlines requesting them to block 342 passengers for their pro-Palestinian activities."Israel has given airlines a list of 342 unwanted people, warning them that they will be immediately turned back at the expense of the companies," said an Israeli immigration spokeswoman. It has been reported that some 200 activists have already been refused to board flights destined to airports in occupied Palestine.

[Bilateral relations between Switzerland and Israel-The establishment of the State of Israel is closely linked with Switzerland The First Zionist Congress was held in Basel in 1897 http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/visr/bilisr.html