KNIME Startup Issue on openSUSE Tumbleweed (SWT UnsatisfiedLinkError)

I am consistently encountering a startup error with the KNIME Analytics Platform (5.8.0, native ZIP) on openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Problem Description

KNIME fails to launch immediately after execution, throwing a java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError when attempting to load the native SWT library. This is strongly suspected to be related to the system’s highly current GTK/WebKit version in openSUSE Tumbleweed conflicting with the version expected by Eclipse/KNIME’s SWT.

Any ideas hiw to solve this ?

Cheers Alex