Ali Abunimah, the executive director of the anti-Israel online publication The Electronic Intifada, was arrested by Swiss Police ahead of an event in Zurich.
Abunimah entered Switzerland where he was questioned by police before being allowed to enter the country.
American-Palestinian Abunimah was arrested a day later and is currently being detained with access to legal counsel.
The Electronic Intifada self-describes as “an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine.”
The Jerusalem Post reported on anti-Israel statements Abunimah had made in the past, in which he stated that “Zionism is one of the worst forms of antisemitism in existence today” and that support for Zionism “is not atonement for the Holocaust, but its continuation in spirit.”
He has also continually praised Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks on Israel as “resistance.”
