‘This is an offensive moral outrage that sets a dangerous precedent for rewarding terrorist violence, anti-Semitism, and criminal behavior,’ said WJC CEO Singer.
The fate of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust and then mysteriously disappeared, has come to light through the diaries of Ivan Serov, the first head of the notorious Soviet KGB.
President of the European Jewish Congress Moshe Kantor says Sweden needs to be vigilant concerning anti-Semitism among some refugees seeking shelter in the Nordic country.
Sweden’s Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan has been involved in anti-Israel activity in the past. In 2010, he participated in the Turkish-flagged flotilla to the Gaza Strip. When he attempted to land in Israel a few months later, he was denied entry over the incident.
Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish foreign minister who is no longer welcome in Israel due to her extreme bias against the Jewish state, is having problems at home for alleged corruption.
In response to Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s recent misguided remarks about Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely declared that Swedish officials are no longer welcome to visit Israel. Jerusalem is, however, maintaining low-key ties with Stockholm.
In a seemingly endless string of offensive and biased statements, Wallstrom again accused Israel of extrajudicial killings of Palestinian terrorists and called for an international probe. Israel’s Foreign Ministry strongly rejected the allegations, calling her accusations “irresponsible and delusional.”
Incredibly, just a day after Prime Minister Netanyahu complained to Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven over ignorant remarks made by Sweden's foreign minister, Lofven claimed that Palestinian stabbing attacks do not constitute "terrorism."
In her latest show of siding with the Palestinians, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom denounced the killing of terrorists at the scene of an attack.
Israeli officials slammed the Swedish foreign minister for attempting to create a link between the Islamic terror in Paris and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Jewish community of Sweden was not invited to an annual anti-Nazi event commemorating Kristallnacht due to a perceived security risk, the Swedish newspaper Norrköpings Tidningar reported.
A Swedish journalist walked the streets of Malmo to get a first-hand account of what it was like to be a Jew in Sweden. The results were very unsettling.