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Screenshot/Twitter Eden Golan
May 10, 2024, 3:32 pm
OPINION: Europe’s lack of vision in not seeing Israel’s Eden Golan as a person
Booed. Threatened. Intimidated. Attacking Eden will not bring about a ceasefire or a future two-state solution. The only thing it achieves is stoking more hostility.
By Rachel Blain
Israeli reporters in Sweden ahead of Eurovision. Credit: Channel 12
April 11, 2024, 9:30 am
‘Pigs are better than Jews’: Israeli reporters met with antisemitism and October 7 denial in Sweden
The two Channel 12 reporters were also warned by security guards outside a mosque that a bombing attack would take place during Eurovision to hit Israelis
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ahmad Alush explains stunt in Stokholm Sweden (Twitter)
July 15, 2023, 11:12 pm
Swedish Torah burning stunt is abandoned by activist
A man, who was later identified as Ahmad Alush, 32, said he organised the stunt to draw attention to the recent burning of the Quran in the country.
By Lee Harpin
Sweden’s justice minister has said his government may be open to amending a protest law, after the public burning of a Quran in Stockholm last month sparked fury across the Muslim world.
July 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
Disbelief as Swedish police allow Hebrew Bible to be burned outside Israeli embassy
The application, which was approved on Thursday, grants permission to a person “to express an opinion” in a public place.
By Lee Harpin
Metropolitan Police stand on guard while protestors prepare to burn the Swedish and Danish flags during the demonstration against the Quran Burning In Sweden. Friday 27 January 2023.
January 31, 2023, 8:14 am
Muslim man postpones Torah burning protest outside of Israeli embassy in Sweden
The man argued that he is trying to spark debate and expose a double standard in the treatment of Muslims and Jews in Sweden.
By David I Klein (JTA)
April 27, 2022, 5:49 pm
Hygge, comfort and smørrebrød in Copenhagen
From history and culture to food and shopping, this beautiful city has something to offer everyone
By Alex Galbinski
Malmö Synagogue in Sweden is home to one of the country's small Jewish communities
January 24, 2022, 3:49 pm
27 percent of religious hate crimes in Sweden target its tiny Jewish community
Hate crimes against Muslims, who make up at least 8  percent of the population, accounted for 51  percent of the hate crimes against religious groups
By JTA
The study’s authors say that online scheduling ‘takes into account women’s daily routines’
December 3, 2020, 9:57 am
Revealed: The pandemic’s toll on Jews worldwide
Report sheds new light on unusually high mortality rates compared with non-Jews, twice as high as might normally be expected – a trend dubbed the 'British pattern' by its authors
By Tali Fraser
November 29, 2020, 10:12 am
Sweden pleads for life of man set to be executed in Iran for ‘spying for Israel’
Country 'condemns the death penalty and is working to ensure that the verdict against Ahmadreza Djalali is not enforced'
By JTA
The book cover of "This is a Swedish Tiger" by the Swedish-Jewish author Aron Flam as seen on Amazon. (Screen shot from Amazon via JTA)
October 14, 2020, 11:45 am
Swedish museum sues Jewish author over image used in book on Nazi collaboration
Aron Flam was sued over copyright ownership of a Nazi-saluting cartoon tiger that he used on the cover of his recently published book,
By JTA
October 13, 2020, 12:02 pm
Report stating 90 percent of EU oppose shechita ‘patronising and disingenuous’
Shechita UK accuses Eurogroup for Animals' survey of 23,000 people of promoting a 'misguided perception' about kosher and halal meat.
By Tali Fraser
Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell testifies before the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2019 (Wikipedia/ Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/48859228518/ Author: Author European Parliament from EU / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode)
July 15, 2020, 12:59 pm
EU foreign ministers ask for list of actions to dissuade Israel from annexation
Officials from 11 countries write to the foreign policy chief asking for options that 'would 'contribute to our efforts to deter annexation, including legal consequences'
By Jewish News Reporter
Lord Carlile, Dame Margaret Hodge, Lord Howard and Baroness Neville-Jones were key British signatories to the letter
June 24, 2020, 12:27 pm
More than 1,000 European parliamentarians sign letter against annexation
Lawmakers from 25 countries, including former Tory leader Lord Howard and ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation, Lord Carlile, flag 'serious concerns' over Israel's plans
By Jewish News Reporter
(Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, www.commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88138409)
April 10, 2020, 3:53 pm
At least nine Jews die of virus in Sweden
Jewish victims in the country account for 2.7 far of the 333 people who have died so far
By JTA
Peter Hain, Jack Straw, Ben Bradshaw and Sir Alan Duncan
February 27, 2020, 2:42 pm
Trump peace deal ‘evokes chilling associations’ with apartheid South Africa
Former Foreign Office ministers sign open letter from other politicians criticising the 'Deal Of The Century'
By Jewish News Reporter
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