At a rally in Stockholm, Lapid blasted the Swedish government, the media and the U.N. for anti-Semitism, while stating that the Jewish state is here to stay.
Prime Minister Netanyahu slammed Swedish Foreign Minister's incendiary comments claiming Israel had carried out "extrajudicial" executions of Palestinian terrorists.
Israelis reacted with contempt to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement issued by the Swedish foreign minister on Wednesday, with comments on social media mocking Margot Wallström for her “gall” and “hypocrisy.”
"It's outrageous, it's immoral and it's stupid," Netanyahu stated candidly regarding the Swedish foreign minister's latest diplomatic attack on the Jewish state.
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."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's policies, which are dictated by reality, and refuted misguided statements made by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein slammed the reaction by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to the terrorist attacks in Paris after she linked the massacre perpetrated by ISIS terrorists to Palestinian suffering, indicating that Israel was to blame.
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called to end the violence in Israel, but deliberately did not bother to mention that it is the Palestinians who are responsible for perpetrating it.
Sweden has dealt the latest blow in the diplomatic battle between Israel and Sweden, which has developed following Sweden's recognition of "Palestine."