Switzerland

Due to severe shortage: Cottage cheese imported from Switzerland for the first time in Israel

Importers spot an opportunity: Swiss cottage cheese has arrived at non-kosher retail chains at up to NIS 9 per tub with a three-month shelf life.

Euro Cheese cottage cheese from Switzerland.
Inside the medieval heating system found in Basel, Switzerland, October 9, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth medieval convent’s heating system during renovations in Switzerland

A scene from the Israeli film 'Tell Me Everything.'

Swiss queer film festival removes award-winning Israeli movie from lineup after boycott threats

Soldiers from the Swiss army's Infantry Readiness Company 104/1 and the Guard of Honour march past the Swiss Parliament building ahead of the state visit of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Federal Square in Bern, Switzerland, October 29, 2025

Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation


Living with cancer means asking: When do you stop the fight? - opinion

The societal expectations around learning you have cancer are to fight.

‘IT’S NEVERTHELESS hard – nay, impossible – for me to imagine actually taking such an extreme step.’

Holocaust survivor passes away at a Swiss clinic specializing in voluntary assisted death - report

Ruth Posner was a talented actress and dancer who survived the Treblinka extermination camp as a child.

Ruth Posner, Holocaust survivor and talented actress, dancer, and author

Justin Alintoff leads Team Israel to 9-1 win, quarterfinals berth at Euro Baseball

“Today was Alintoff’s show,” said Israel manager Nate Fish. “But everyone rose to the occasion with an offense that put the game out of reach early."

TEAM ISRAEL starter Justin Alintoff pitched a complete game against Switzerland at the European Baseball Championship in Rotterdam.

Kosher hotel in Davos receives letter with death threats, antisemitic insults

Aside from death threats and claims of “we will come and kill you all,” the letter also contained references to the Holocaust and Nazism, Kreutner added.

A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017

Swiss medics start hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament

The group of medics signed up to protest outside parliament in pairs wearing stethoscopes and medical tunics splashed with fake blood, taking turns in 24-hour fasts in a relay system.

Doctors Michele Ghielmini, Brenno Balestra, Alessandra Guaita and Marco Franzi sit outside the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) at the start of their hunger strike over Gaza, calling on their government to apply targeted sanctions on Israel over its alleged violations of international law.

Yeshiva students spat at, insulted by Arab man with knife in Lucerne, Switzerland

An Arab man with a knife approached a group of yeshiva students while shouting antisemitic insults and 'free Palestine' in Lucerne, Switzerland.

 People walk past as Swiss police vehicles stand by to prevent expected illegal gatherings amid restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the old town of Zurich, Switzerland, April 9, 2021.

The new cultural capital: The European city where every moment is an experience

Basel shines during Art Week, but Zurich chose a quiet cultural shift, turning the city into a giant year-round gallery, with breweries as museums and hotels full of art.

 Zurich, Switzerland

Switzerland reopens its embassy in Tehran after two-week closure

Before the closure, Switzerland’s intelligence service said that Iranian espionage posed a growing threat to Swiss diplomats.

 (Illustrative) Iranian and Switzerland flags.

Mystery deaths in Tehran sparks concern over Swiss diplomats safety

The report noted that Switzerland’s unique role as Washington’s protecting power in Tehran “increases the visibility of Swiss personnel to hostile services.”

A cordon tape is seen at the garden in front of the tower, where the body of the Swiss embassy's first secretary was found after falling from a building, in Tehran, Iran May 4, 2021.

Swiss move to dissolve Gaza aid delivery group's Geneva branch

A Swiss government body said that the GHF had not fulfilled certain legal requirements, including having the correct number of board members, a postal address, or a Swiss bank account.

 Palestinians receive aid distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent in Gaza City, June 26, 2025.