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Sweden's police investigate shooting near Israeli target in Gothenburg, no injuries reported

The shooting took place near a Swedish unit of Elbit Systems, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported, citing police.

 People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court as they wait for the verdict in the case of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden
 Emergency workers stand near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, January 31, 2024

Stockholm Police investigate shooting near Israeli embassy

 Flowers and candles are placed outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 11, 2023

Iranian agents suspected of targeting Jews arrested in Sweden, deported

 Photo of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, with Hanna Halpern, the general secretary of the Jewish community.

Sweden's Crown Princess privately visited synagogue as solidarity with Jewish community


Is this a new dawn for Swedish-Israeli ties? - opinion

It remains to be seen if Foreign Minister Ann Linde’s visit this week to Israel will contribute to a long-standing new chapter in the historically turbulent Swedish-Israeli relations.

FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde address the media in Jerusalem on Monday.

Swedish foreign minister in Israel marking thaw in relations

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde will be the first Swedish foreign minister to visit Israel since Sweden recognized a Palestinian state in 2014, sparking a diplomatic row.

 Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde arrives for the EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2021.

Lapid speaks to Linde in first talk of Israel and Sweden FMs in 7 years

After first high-level talks between Israeli and Swedish officials in 7 years, FM Yair Lapid is "looking forward to increased cooperation with Sweden."

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde arrives for the EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2021.

New Swedish ‘ambassador to Tel Aviv’ denied support for Israel

He courted controversy last month when he announced his new posting by tweeting that he was appointed "ambassador to Tel Aviv," as opposed to Israel.

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'Biased' and 'hostile' Swedish FM Margot Wallstrom resigns

Wallstrom had to cancel a visit to Israel after the government’s recognition of a Palestinian state. Israel also withdrew its ambassador to Stockholm.

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Sweden launches museum for Scandinavian Holocaust survivors

Announcing the decision to create the museum, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs and Sports Minister Annika Strandhall‏ said Tuesday on Twitter that the news “feels more important than ever.”

A visitor to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum walks past a mural of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Washington, January 26, 2007

How a far-right political party could upend Sweden's Israel Policy

Despite its white supremacist roots, the Sweden Democrats supports Israel and is primed for a historic showing in the September 9 elections.

Swedish Liberal Party's Jan Bjorklund, Left Party's Jonas Sjostedt, Centre Party's Annie Loof and Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Akesson, Stockholm, 2018

Sweden’s prophet

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Pro-Palestinian Swedish politician says Israelis should be sent to U.S.

"Then the Palestinians can live in peace and rebuild the land that once was theirs."

A Palestinian flag flutters as activists ride a boat during a rally ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla incident, at the seaport of Gaza City May 29, 2014

Sweden has failed its Jews, country's ambassador to Israel says

"If a single Jew," feels they must hide their Judaism, the ambassador said, "we have failed."

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Sweden, a dangerous country for Jews, can become a danger for Europe

‘Watching the Moon at Night’ is a powerful wake-up call.

IT IS Christmas season in Stockholm. But all is not well.