Spontaneous demonstrations against Israel's interception of the Gaza aid flotilla have been staged in several Swiss cities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In Geneva over 3,000 people gathered to express their solidarity with Palestine and the flotilla by blocking the main intersection near the Cornavin station. "Free free Palestine", chanted the demonstrators, who also denounced the "complicity of Switzerland". Some participants set fire to tyres on the Lise Girardin square, releasing thick black smoke. + Switzerland urges Israel to ensure safety of participants on flotilla The procession then set off but was blocked at the end of the Mont-Blanc bridge by several police vehicles, noted a Keystone-ATS journalist on the scene. Some demonstrators then started throwing objects at the police, who responded with tear gas. Several hundred people also gathered in Bern to demand that Israel release the arrested Global Sumud Flotilla activists, including some 20 ...
