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'Blood libel repackaged': Israeli ambr. condemns Stockholm mock slaughter protest

"It's the same centuries-old stereotypes and blood libels, repackaged by replacing ' Jews' with 'Zionists," said Israel's ambassador to Sweden Ziv Nevo Kulman.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.
A Swedish soldier stands next to a ceremonial cannon in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024.

Sweden offers $34,000 incentive for immigrants to return home amidst policy shift

Proponents of the policy, particularly members of the Sweden Democrats, argue that it will help ease the burden on Sweden’s social welfare system.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protestor Salwan Momika, who planned to burn a copy of Koran and the Iraqi flag, is escorted by police to a location outside the Iraqi embassy, in Stockholm, Sweden July 20, 2023

Anti-Islam activist burns Quran in Swedish demonstration

Salwan Momika, a refugee from Iraq with political asylum in Sweden, faces being expelled back to the Islamic country for his demonstrations.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a protest after the embassy was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Koran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq July 21, 2023.

Iraq jails police for failing to halt torching of Swedish embassy after Quran burning

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in July and set it on fire over a planned Quran burning in Stockholm.

|ByREUTERS

In Sweden, protesters shout antisemitism

I know that I am cynical and I know that these are angry words, but I am not sorry and will not atone.

DECEMBER 10, 2017ByANNIKA HERNROTH-ROTHSTEIN
Police is seen at the site of an attack near a synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden December 9, 2017

Neo-Nazis clash with police in Sweden during Yom Kippur rally

Dozens arrested as hundreds march under the flag of the Nordic Resistance Movement.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017ByREUTERS
Members of the Nordic Resistance Movement gather before a demonstration in Gothenburg, Sweden September 30, 2017. Placard reads "Mona Sahlin is a criminal!"

Swedish court moves neo-Nazi march on Yom Kippur away from synagogue

Swedish Jewish leaders cautiously praised the decision.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
The neo-nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska motstandsrorelsens) sympathisers demonstrate in central Stockholm

Nazi Yom Kippur demo in Gothenburg, Sweden, a godsend to PC-Swedes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017ByILYA MEYER
The Jerusalem Post

Israeli officials to boycott Swedish FM

Jerusalem's snub of Wallstrom comes even though Sweden will take a seat on January 1 on the 15-member UN Security Council.

DECEMBER 13, 2016ByHERB KEINON
Wallstrom and Netanyahu

Lapid accuses Swedish FM of anti-Semitism at Stockholm rally

Lapid was the first-ever Israeli MK to participate in the Swedish Zionist Federation’s annual demonstration in Stockholm, now in its fifth year.

AUGUST 28, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
Pro-Israel demonstrators battle anti-Zionism at Swedish rally

Lapid to battle Swedish anti-Zionism at upcoming rally

Lapid will be the first-ever MK to participate in the Swedish Zionist Federation’s fifth annual demonstration in Stockholm.

AUGUST 25, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
Yair Lapid

In Sweden, a Kristallnacht commemoration without Jews

Some believe the gathering has been repurposed for anti-Israel political reasons.

NOVEMBER 9, 2015BySAM SOKOL
Some thousand people hold banners and torches as they gather in the Maria Square in Stockholm on November 9, 2000, to protest against racism on the anniversary of the Kristallnacht

Protesters in Malmo chant ‘slaughter the Jews’

"These are extremely troubling instances of a grotesque but nevertheless very real – and murderous – incitement," says ambassador to Sweden.

OCTOBER 20, 2015ByJTA
A protester chants slogans near a banner reading "Boycott Israel" during an anti-Israel march in Malmo

Israel says unauthorized boats will be denied entry as Gaza flotillas begin again

The boat, named Marianne of Gothenburg left on its journey on Sunday evening.

MAY 11, 2015ByHERB KEINON
Swedish trawler leaves for Gaza in attempt to break blockade‏.