Sweden demonstration

'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

Swedish trawler leaves for Gaza in attempt to break naval blockade

The boat, named Marianne of Gothenburg and purchased jointly by Ship to Gaza Sweden and Ship to Gaza Norway, left on its journey on Sunday evening.

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

Kippah-wearing Swedish reporter assaulted in Malmo

Secretly recorded footage from Petter Ljunggren’s walk through Malmo, which documented some of the incidents that occurred within the space a few hours.

JANUARY 24, 2015ByJTA
A man wearing a kippah listens to speakers during an anti-Semitism protest at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

The pro-Israeli party in Sweden?

this is yet another case where Israeli misinformation about Europe causes an unnecessary loss of support – that could have helped it.

OCTOBER 18, 2014ByMATAN ASHER
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven gives a news conference in Stockholm