Report: Switzerland made secret deal with PLO to avoid terror attacks on Swiss soil

[shira]

Gee, shocking.

Following the hijacking of two Swissair flights in 1970, the then Swiss foreign minister met in Geneva with senior officials of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) headed by Yasser Arafat, according to reports by the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), to negotiate diplomatic ties and form a pact to avoid further terror attacks on Swiss soil.

While full details of the agreement are protected by a 50-year statute of limitations, according to the report. The secret negotiations risked creating a diplomatic crisis with the United States, Britain, Germany and Israel.

The negotiations took place following the hijacking by Palestinian groups of two Swissair flights in 1970. In February of 1970, a Swissair plane bound for Tel Aviv was blown up shortly after taking flight killing all 47 passengers on board....

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Switzerland-made-secret-deal-with-PLO-to-avoid-terror-attacks-on-Swiss-soil-442248

[King_David]

1. Not shocking at all ...

Cowardly... Yes.

[bemildred]

2. Reeks of horseshit for this alone:

While full details of the agreement are protected by a 50-year statute of limitations, according to the report.

Hearsay protected by fake assertions of legal secrecy. An attempt to convert a molehill into a mountain.