The departure of Swedish FM Margot Wallström could signal some light at the end of the tunnel in the turbulent relations between Jerusalem and Stockholm.
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.
Parliamentarian Yair Lapid went to Brussels to protest European anti-Israel boycott policies. Meeting with EU Foreign Minister Mogherini, he also condemned the rising number of anti-Semitic attacks.
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.
Highlighting a terrorist attack should bring forth anger and thus action against the perpetrators. In some cases, however, it draws sympathy for the terrorist.
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 Arab League withdrew a speaking invitation to the pro-Palestinian Swedish foreign minister when they realized she would discuss democracy and human rights.
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