Stockholm – Swedish Foreign Minister Calls For Inquiry Into Israeli Violence

    14

    FILE - Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Margot Wallstrom listens during a news conference in Riga January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ints KalninsStockholm – Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called on Tuesday for an investigation to determine if Israel was guilty of extrajudicial killings of Palestinians during recent violence there, local media reported.

    Join our WhatsApp group

    Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email


    The comments were the latest in a series of statements by Wallstrom that have irked Israeli authorities. Ties between Sweden and Israel nose-dived after Sweden recognised the Palestine state shortly after Wallstrom’s centre-left Social Democrats won general elections in 2014.

    She deepened the rift last year by describing Palestinians’ plight as a factor leading to Islamist radicalisation.

    “It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability,” Wallstrom said during a parliamentary debate, according to news agency TT .

    Rights groups have accused Israel of using excessive force to quell the unrest.

    The United States, the European Union and the United Nations have all expressed concern, saying that while they recognise Israel’s right to self-defence, restraint is necessary to ensure the violence does not escalate further.

    Almost daily stabbings, car-rammings and shootings by Palestinians have killed 21 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since early October, raising fears of a wider escalation a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided. [L8N14P0NB]

    Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 133 Palestinians in the same period, 83 of whom authorities described as assailants. Most of the others have been killed in clashes with security forces.

    The surge in violence has been fuelled by Palestinians’ frustration over Israel’s 48-year occupation of land they seek for an independent state, and the expansion of settlements in those territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.


    Listen to the VINnews podcast on:

    iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podbean | Amazon

    Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates


    Connect with VINnews

    Join our WhatsApp group


    14 Comments
    Most Voted
    Newest Oldest
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    stamm
    stamm
    8 years ago

    Out of the whole middle east it is the israelis who are escalating violence!!how is the world so blind?? And our israelis take this to heart,thats the real tsoro!!

    Myrak
    Myrak
    8 years ago

    Maybe she should ask her French colleagues how much restraint they would display when faced with a prospect stabbing or shooting. Or perhaps some unpleasant experiences they have had in Sweden would be helpful in teaching her a thing or two about dealing with terrorism. I guess if she is a slow learner she might be inviting some repeat performances to drive the message home.

    favish
    favish
    8 years ago

    meharshasssss

    fat36
    fat36
    8 years ago

    How can I explain this The world is set on fire Buy a bunch of pyromaniacs Israel lights a match to light a candle and everybody wants to know about the match that was lit. The hate is so great unbelievable May she experience the same what is wrong is going through

    abilenetx
    abilenetx
    8 years ago

    Why doesn’t she look in her own back yard, Sweden is becoming the rape capital of the world, and she is worried about Israel????

    bennyt
    bennyt
    8 years ago

    You can see the anti-semitism burning in her eyes. What a machshiefah!

    OhevYisroel
    OhevYisroel
    8 years ago

    she must be blind!!! didn’t she see the latest news?! “Swedish police accused of covering up..”

    OhevYisroel
    OhevYisroel
    8 years ago

    we urgently need an international investigation on the latest news coming out of Sweden!!!!! we need to stop them! there are women & children there!!!!!
    “Sweden and Denmark crack down on refugees at borders”

    Anominous
    Anominous
    8 years ago

    These Palestinian killers are definately being directed by the upper levels of the Palestinian authority. Why doesn’t she call for an investigation into them? One sided accusation…

    Another question is why aren’t the Swedes protesting against her? Or her circle of political friends in Sweden and abroad?

    OscarMadison
    OscarMadison
    8 years ago

    This is the institutionalization of fourth-wave antisemitism. Next she’ll tell you that she can’t even criticize Israel’s foreign policy without being called antisemitic.

    8 years ago

    At one time, all of the Scandinavian countries were good friends of EY. During World War Two, (1943), the Swedes helped save nearly the entire Jewish population of Denmark. Many survivors of the Holocaust were taken to Sweden after the war, to physically recover. A Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to the death camps. Unfortunately, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, have very bad attitudes towards EY, and the plight of the Jews vs. the Palestinians. Therefore, Yidden should boycott those countries, and not visit there!

    Haimov
    Haimov
    8 years ago

    They are idiots. Maybe Russia should take it. Putin can claim he is fighting antisemites.

    8 years ago

    Need aninvestigationto take her off life support because she is BRAIN DEAD